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authorJan Edmund Lazo <jan.lazo@mail.utoronto.ca>2021-05-01 19:29:13 -0400
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Update runtime files. https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/1b884a0053982335f644eec6c71027706bf3c522 Omit doc/autocmd.txt. Omit tools/emoji_list.vim. Patch v8.2.1540 is not ported.
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@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ For starters, read chapter 27 of the user manual |usr_27.txt|.
*/atom*
5. An atom can be one of a long list of items. Many atoms match one character
in the text. It is often an ordinary character or a character class.
- Braces can be used to make a pattern into an atom. The "\z(\)" construct
- is only for syntax highlighting.
+ Parentheses can be used to make a pattern into an atom. The "\z(\)"
+ construct is only for syntax highlighting.
atom ::= ordinary-atom |/ordinary-atom|
or \( pattern \) |/\(|
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ overview.
Note that using "\&" works the same as using "\@=": "foo\&.." is the
same as "\(foo\)\@=..". But using "\&" is easier, you don't need the
- braces.
+ parentheses.
*/\@!*
@@ -1058,8 +1058,8 @@ x A single character, with no special meaning, matches itself
[] (with 'nomagic': \[]) */[]* */\[]* */\_[]* */collection*
\_[]
- A collection. This is a sequence of characters enclosed in brackets.
- It matches any single character in the collection.
+ A collection. This is a sequence of characters enclosed in square
+ brackets. It matches any single character in the collection.
Example matches ~
[xyz] any 'x', 'y' or 'z'
[a-zA-Z]$ any alphabetic character at the end of a line
@@ -1118,11 +1118,12 @@ x A single character, with no special meaning, matches itself
*[:ident:]* [:ident:] identifier character (same as "\i")
*[:keyword:]* [:keyword:] keyword character (same as "\k")
*[:fname:]* [:fname:] file name character (same as "\f")
- The brackets in character class expressions are additional to the
- brackets delimiting a collection. For example, the following is a
- plausible pattern for a Unix filename: "[-./[:alnum:]_~]\+" That is,
- a list of at least one character, each of which is either '-', '.',
- '/', alphabetic, numeric, '_' or '~'.
+ The square brackets in character class expressions are additional to
+ the square brackets delimiting a collection. For example, the
+ following is a plausible pattern for a UNIX filename:
+ "[-./[:alnum:]_~]\+". That is, a list of at least one character,
+ each of which is either '-', '.', '/', alphabetic, numeric, '_' or
+ '~'.
These items only work for 8-bit characters, except [:lower:] and
[:upper:] also work for multibyte characters when using the new
regexp engine. See |two-engines|. In the future these items may