File: evil-ex.el.html

Ex is implemented as an extensible minilanguage, whose grammar is stored in evil-ex-grammar. Ex commands are defined with evil-ex-define-cmd, which creates a binding from a string to an interactive function. It is also possible to define key sequences which execute a command immediately when entered: such shortcuts go in evil-ex-shortcut-map.

To provide buffer and filename completion, as well as interactive feedback, Ex defines the concept of an argument handler, specified with evil-ex-define-argument-type. In the case of the substitution command (":s/foo/bar"), the handler incrementally highlights matches in the buffer as the substitution is typed.

Defined variables (8)

Defined functions (38)

Defined faces (0)