vim-patch:7.4.984

Problem:    searchpos() always starts searching in the first column, which is
            not what some people expect. (Brett Stahlman)
Solution:   Add the 'z' flag: start at the specified column.

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ad4d8a192abf44b89371af87d70b971cd654b799

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_searchpos.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_searchpos.vim
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+" Tests for searchpos()
+
+func Test_searchpos()
+  new one
+  0put ='1a3'
+  1put ='123xyz'
+  call cursor(1, 1)
+  call assert_equal([1, 1, 2], searchpos('\%(\([a-z]\)\|\_.\)\{-}xyz', 'pcW'))
+  call cursor(1, 2)
+  call assert_equal([2, 1, 1], searchpos('\%(\([a-z]\)\|\_.\)\{-}xyz', 'pcW'))
+  set cpo-=c
+  call cursor(1, 2)
+  call assert_equal([1, 2, 2], searchpos('\%(\([a-z]\)\|\_.\)\{-}xyz', 'pcW'))
+  call cursor(1, 3)
+  call assert_equal([1, 3, 1], searchpos('\%(\([a-z]\)\|\_.\)\{-}xyz', 'pcW'))
+
+  " Now with \zs, first match is in column 0, "a" is matched.
+  call cursor(1. 3)
+  call assert_equal([2, 4, 2], searchpos('\%(\([a-z]\)\|\_.\)\{-}\zsxyz', 'pcW'))
+  " With z flag start at cursor column, don't see the "a".
+  call cursor(1. 3)
+  call assert_equal([2, 4, 1], searchpos('\%(\([a-z]\)\|\_.\)\{-}\zsxyz', 'pcWz'))
+
+  set cpo+=c
+  " close the window
+  q!
+
+endfunc