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Hmm. What the heck does it substitute?
Sep 23 · 3 months ago
the substitute function is replacing ' with '\''. shellescape will do basically the same thing, but will adjust how it escapes characters based on the shell you're using. so it will work with multiple different shells
echo system("tmux send-keys -t " . g:tmux_target . " " . shellescape(a:text))
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