aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.com>2017-05-29 08:02:39 +0100
committerJonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.com>2017-06-03 18:53:28 +0100
commit533f5c38c4bcc6f6340efeffd1b20e6ea57e28b1 (patch)
treebb213d88e0bfcc810cef47af03b1b49639385414 /runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
parent1c1231bf139943382df6cec9221f84708d4aea64 (diff)
downloadrneovim-533f5c38c4bcc6f6340efeffd1b20e6ea57e28b1.tar.gz
rneovim-533f5c38c4bcc6f6340efeffd1b20e6ea57e28b1.tar.bz2
rneovim-533f5c38c4bcc6f6340efeffd1b20e6ea57e28b1.zip
doco: Note some common $TERM mistakes and how to fix them.
Also explain more clearly the difference between Vim and Nvim when it comes to built-in terminfo entries.
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt')
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
index cc4f441639..9661f1da98 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ Because of general |256-color| usage whereever possible, Nvim will even use
256-colour capability on Linux virtual terminals. Vim uses only 8 colours
plus bright foreground on Linux VTs.
+Vim combines what is in its |builtin-terms| with what it reads from termcap,
+and has a |ttybuiltin| setting to control how that combination works. Nvim
+uses either one or the other of an external |terminfo| entry or the built-in
+one. It does not attempt to mix data from the two.
+
|:!| does not support "interactive" commands. Use |:terminal| instead.
(GUI Vim has a similar limitation, see ":help gui-pty" in Vim.)