doc: v:servername, serverstart()

runtime/doc/eval.txt

@@ -1583,7 +1583,9 @@ v:scrollstart	String describing the script or function that caused the
 		hit-enter prompt.
 
 					*v:servername* *servername-variable*
-v:servername	The resulting registered |x11-clientserver| name if any.
+v:servername	Default {Nvim} server address. Equivalent to
+		|$NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS| on startup, but may differ if the
+		latter is modified or unset. |serverstop()|
 		Read-only.
 
 		
@@ -2366,8 +2368,8 @@ char2nr({expr}[, {utf8}])					*char2nr()*
 			char2nr("ABC")		returns 65
 <		When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
 		Example for "utf-8": >
-			char2nr("á")		returns 225
-			char2nr("á"[0])		returns 195
+			char2nr("á")		returns 225
+			char2nr("á"[0])		returns 195
 <		With {utf8} set to 1, always treat as utf-8 characters.
 		A combining character is a separate character.
 		|nr2char()| does the opposite.
@@ -5374,25 +5376,31 @@ server2client( {clientid}, {string})			*server2client()*
 		Example: >
 			:echo server2client(expand("<client>"), "HELLO")
 <
-serverlist()					*serverlist()*
+serverlist()						*serverlist()*
 		Returns a list of available server names in a list.
 		When there are no servers an empty string is returned.
 		Example: >
 			:echo serverlist()
+<							*--serverlist*
+		The Vim command-line option `--serverlist` can be imitated: >
+			nvim --cmd "echo serverlist()" --cmd "q"
+<
+serverstart([{address}])				*serverstart()*
+		Opens a named pipe or TCP socket at {address} for clients to
+		connect to and returns {address}. If no address is given, it
+		is equivalent to: >
+			:call serverstart(tempname())
+< 		|$NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS| is set to {address} if not already set.
+							*--servername*
+		The Vim command-line option `--servername` can be imitated: >
+			nvim --cmd "let g:server_addr = serverstart('foo')"
 <
-serverlisten([{address}])				*serverlisten()*
-		Opens a Unix or TCP socket at {address} for clients to connect
-		to and returns {address}. If no address is given, it is
-		equivalent to >
-			:call serverlisten(tempname())
-< 		If |$NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS| is not set, it will be set to
-		{address}.
-
 serverstop({address})					*serverstop()*
-		Closes the Unix or TCP socket at {address}. Does nothing if
-		{address} is empty, or does not refer to a server. If
-		{address} equals |$NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS|, the listen address
-		will be unset.
+		Closes the pipe or socket at {address}. Does nothing if
+		{address} is empty or invalid.
+		If |$NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS| is stopped it is unset.
+		If |v:servername| is stopped it is set to the next available
+		address returned by |serverlist()|.
 
 setbufvar({expr}, {varname}, {val})			*setbufvar()*
 		Set option or local variable {varname} in buffer {expr} to

runtime/doc/msgpack_rpc.txt

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ There are four ways to open msgpack-rpc streams to nvim:
 >
     :echo $NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS
 <
+   See also |v:servername|.
+
 4. Through a TCP/IP socket. To make nvim listen on a TCP/IP socket, set the
    |$NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS| environment variable in a shell before starting:
 >

runtime/doc/remote.txt

@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ The following command line arguments are available:
 						*--remote-tab-wait-silent*
    --remote-tab-wait-silent	Like --remote-wait-silent but open each file
 				in a new tabpage.
-								*--servername*
-   --servername {name}		Become the server {name}.  When used together
-				with one of the --remote commands: connect to
-				server {name} instead of the default (see
-				below).
 								*--remote-send*
    --remote-send {keys}		Send {keys} to server and exit.  The {keys}
    				are not mapped.  Special key names are
@@ -69,9 +64,6 @@ The following command line arguments are available:
 								*--remote-expr*
    --remote-expr {expr}		Evaluate {expr} in server and print the result
 				on stdout.
-								*--serverlist*
-   --serverlist			Output a list of server names.
-
 
 Examples ~
 

src/nvim/eval.c

@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static struct vimvar {
 } vimvars[VV_LEN] =
 {
   /*
-   * The order here must match the VV_ defines in vim.h!
+   * The order here must match the VV_ defines in eval.h!
    * Initializing a union does not work, leave tv.vval empty to get zero's.
    */
   {VV_NAME("count",            VAR_NUMBER), VV_COMPAT+VV_RO},
@@ -13356,7 +13356,7 @@ static void f_serverlist(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv)
 static void f_serverstart(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv)
 {
   rettv->v_type = VAR_STRING;
-  rettv->vval.v_string = NULL;  // Will hold the address of the new server.
+  rettv->vval.v_string = NULL;  // Address of the new server
 
   if (check_restricted() || check_secure()) {
     return;

src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/server.c

@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ typedef enum {
 } ServerType;
 
 typedef struct {
-  // The address of a pipe, or string value of a tcp address.
+  // Pipe/socket path, or TCP address string
   char addr[ADDRESS_MAX_SIZE];
 
   // Type of the union below
   ServerType type;
 
-  // This is either a tcp server or unix socket(named pipe on windows)
+  // TCP server or unix socket (named pipe on Windows)
   union {
     struct {
       uv_tcp_t handle;
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int server_start(const char *endpoint)
   size_t addr_len = (size_t)(ip_end - addr);
 
   if (addr_len > sizeof(ip) - 1) {
-    // Maximum length of an IP address buffer is 15(eg: 255.255.255.255)
+    // Maximum length of an IPv4 address buffer is 15 (eg: 255.255.255.255)
     addr_len = sizeof(ip) - 1;
   }
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void server_stop(char *endpoint)
   // Trim to `ADDRESS_MAX_SIZE`
   xstrlcpy(addr, endpoint, sizeof(addr));
 
-  int i = 0;  // The index of the server whose address equals addr.
+  int i = 0;  // Index of the server whose address equals addr.
   for (; i < servers.ga_len; i++) {
     server = ((Server **)servers.ga_data)[i];
     if (strcmp(addr, server->addr) == 0) {