3 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/autoload/xolox/misc/compat.vim b/autoload/xolox/misc/compat.vim
index 3f3a42c..e6c9a0c 100644
--- a/autoload/xolox/misc/compat.vim
+++ b/autoload/xolox/misc/compat.vim
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 " scripts breaks backwards compatibility. This enables my Vim plug-ins to fail
 " early when they detect an incompatible version, instead of breaking at the
 " worst possible moments :-).
-let g:xolox#misc#compat#version = 7
+let g:xolox#misc#compat#version = 8
 
 " Remember the directory where the miscellaneous scripts are loaded from
 " so the user knows which plug-in to update if incompatibilities arise.
diff --git a/autoload/xolox/misc/msg.vim b/autoload/xolox/misc/msg.vim
index 38eb474..0104b67 100644
--- a/autoload/xolox/misc/msg.vim
+++ b/autoload/xolox/misc/msg.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Functions to interact with the user.
 "
 " Author: Peter Odding <peter@peterodding.com>
-" Last Change: May 19, 2013
+" Last Change: May 20, 2013
 " URL: http://peterodding.com/code/vim/misc/
 
 if !exists('g:xolox_message_buffer')
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ function! xolox#misc#msg#debug(...) " {{{1
   " increased verbosity by setting Vim's ['verbose'] [verbose] option to one
   " (1) or higher. This function has the same argument handling as Vim's
   " [printf()] [printf] function.
-  "
-  " [verbose]: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html#'verbose'
   if &vbs >= 1
     call s:show_message('question', a:000)
   endif
diff --git a/autoload/xolox/misc/timer.vim b/autoload/xolox/misc/timer.vim
index d7fc32d..31072f5 100644
--- a/autoload/xolox/misc/timer.vim
+++ b/autoload/xolox/misc/timer.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Timing of long during operations.
 "
 " Author: Peter Odding <peter@peterodding.com>
-" Last Change: May 19, 2013
+" Last Change: May 20, 2013
 " URL: http://peterodding.com/code/vim/misc/
 
 if !exists('g:timer_enabled')
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ let s:has_reltime = has('reltime')
 function! xolox#misc#timer#start() " {{{1
   " Start a timer. This returns a list which can later be passed to
   " `xolox#misc#timer#stop()`.
-  if g:timer_enabled || &verbose >= g:timer_verbosity
-    return s:has_reltime ? reltime() : [localtime()]
-  endif
-  return []
+  return s:has_reltime ? reltime() : [localtime()]
 endfunction
 
 function! xolox#misc#timer#stop(...) " {{{1
@@ -40,6 +37,14 @@ function! xolox#misc#timer#stop(...) " {{{1
   endif
 endfunction
 
+function! xolox#misc#timer#force(...) " {{{1
+  " Show a formatted message to the user. This function has the same argument
+  " handling as Vim's [printf()] [printf] function with one difference: At the
+  " point where you want the elapsed time to be embedded, you write `%s` and
+  " you pass the list returned by `xolox#misc#timer#start()` as an argument.
+  call call('xolox#misc#msg#info', map(copy(a:000), 's:convert_value(v:val)'))
+endfunction
+
 function! s:convert_value(value) " {{{1
   if type(a:value) != type([])
     return a:value