[vim/vim] More Prompt - Go Forward/Backward One Screen With CTRL-F/CTRL-B (PR #18545)

bfoersterling

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Changes

Current Behavior

Currently in vims "more prompt" using ctrl + f/b is not possible.

more_prompt_usage.png (view on web)

After The Change

Move forward or backward one screen in a more prompt with ctrl + f/b is possible.

Rationale

Inside vim you move forward/backwards one screen with ctrl + f/b.
Not being able to do this in a more prompt is inconsistent.

I use ctrl + f/b in a lot of tools (bat, less, zathura) and always
trip over this not working in vims "more prompt".

You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at:

https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/18545

Commit Summary

ef91ac8 More Prompt Keys

File Changes

(2 files)

M runtime/doc/message.txt (41)
M src/message.c (2)

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Christian Brabandt

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Oct 11, 2025, 5:04:13 AM10/11/25

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#18545)

thanks. Can you please create a test for this?

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Oct 11, 2025, 10:49:23 AM10/11/25

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36fc0d1 added tests for CTRL-F and CTRL-B to Test_message_more()

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bfoersterling left a comment (vim/vim#18545)

thanks. Can you please create a test for this?

Yes, sorry, I have added the tests to Test_message_more().

I have noticed one edge case though.
When being at the bottom of the more prompt CTRL-B/CTRL-F will quit the more prompt.
Just typing f or b will not do this.
I have not figured out why this happens.

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24bc538 fixed quitting more prompt at the end when hitting ctrl-f or ctrl-b

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24356ea added test for screen scrollback with ctrl f and ctrl b

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d78dae8 added test for ctrl-f at end of more prompt

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bfoersterling left a comment (vim/vim#18545)

So the issue is fixed, the keys needed to be added to wait_return() as well.

Now I only need to get the code coverage.

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ceea222 added test for CTRL-B at end of more prompt

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2e740f1 removed previously added test that does not increase code coverage

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Christian Brabandt

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#18545)

Thanks. I think it should be fine, code coverage display is a bit flaky anyhow, so don't worry too much

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Closed #18545 via fcf4c43.

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