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authorJames McCoy <jamessan@jamessan.com>2018-03-28 21:52:06 -0400
committerJames McCoy <jamessan@jamessan.com>2018-03-28 21:54:39 -0400
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Patterns and search commands *pattern-searches*
The very basics can be found in section |03.9| of the user manual. A few more
explanations are in chapter 27 |usr_27.txt|.
- Type <M-]> to see the table of contents.
+ Type |gO| to see the table of contents.
==============================================================================
1. Search commands *search-commands*
@@ -853,10 +853,13 @@ $ At end of pattern or in front of "\|", "\)" or "\n" ('magic' on):
\%V Match inside the Visual area. When Visual mode has already been
stopped match in the area that |gv| would reselect.
This is a |/zero-width| match. To make sure the whole pattern is
- inside the Visual area put it at the start and end of the pattern,
- e.g.: >
+ inside the Visual area put it at the start and just before the end of
+ the pattern, e.g.: >
+ /\%Vfoo.*ba\%Vr
+< This also works if only "foo bar" was Visually selected. This: >
/\%Vfoo.*bar\%V
-< Only works for the current buffer.
+< would match "foo bar" if the Visual selection continues after the "r".
+ Only works for the current buffer.
*/\%#* *cursor-position*
\%# Matches with the cursor position. Only works when matching in a
@@ -1055,12 +1058,16 @@ x A single character, with no special meaning, matches itself
":s/[/x/" searches for "[/x" and replaces it with nothing. It does
not search for "[" and replaces it with "x"!
+ *E944* *E945*
If the sequence begins with "^", it matches any single character NOT
in the collection: "[^xyz]" matches anything but 'x', 'y' and 'z'.
- If two characters in the sequence are separated by '-', this is
shorthand for the full list of ASCII characters between them. E.g.,
- "[0-9]" matches any decimal digit. Non-ASCII characters can be
- used, but the character values must not be more than 256 apart.
+ "[0-9]" matches any decimal digit. If the starting character exceeds
+ the ending character, e.g. [c-a], E944 occurs. Non-ASCII characters
+ can be used, but the character values must not be more than 256 apart
+ in the old regexp engine. For example, searching by [\u3000-\u4000]
+ after setting re=1 emits a E945 error. Prepending \%#=2 will fix it.
- A character class expression is evaluated to the set of characters
belonging to that character class. The following character classes
are supported: