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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2016-08-27 21:58:42 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2016-08-27 21:58:42 +0200
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Updated runtime files and translations.
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/channel.txt b/runtime/doc/channel.txt
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--- a/runtime/doc/channel.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/channel.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*channel.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Aug 26
+*channel.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Aug 27
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ This {string} can also be JSON, use |json_encode()| to create it and
It is not possible to use |ch_evalexpr()| or |ch_sendexpr()| on a raw channel.
+A String in Vim cannot contain NUL bytes. To send or receive NUL bytes read
+or write from a buffer. See |in_io-buffer| and |out_io-buffer|.
+
==============================================================================
7. More channel functions *channel-more*
@@ -480,7 +483,7 @@ For example, to start a job and write its output in buffer "dummy": >
Job input from a buffer ~
-
+ *in_io-buffer*
To run a job that reads from a buffer: >
let job = job_start({command},
\ {'in_io': 'buffer', 'in_name': 'mybuffer'})
@@ -654,7 +657,7 @@ See |job_setoptions()| and |ch_setoptions()|.
Writing to a buffer ~
-
+ *out_io-buffer*
When the out_io or err_io mode is "buffer" and there is a callback, the text
is appended to the buffer before invoking the callback.