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diff --git a/runtime/doc/editing.txt b/runtime/doc/editing.txt index c51286a350..5bfffac1f1 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/editing.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/editing.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*editing.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Jan 03 +*editing.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Aug 06 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -267,9 +267,6 @@ CTRL-^ Edit the alternate file. Mostly the alternate file is files. See |CTRL-^| above for further details. -[count]]f *]f* *[f* -[count][f Same as "gf". Deprecated. - *gf* *E446* *E447* [count]gf Edit the file whose name is under or after the cursor. Mnemonic: "goto file". @@ -358,7 +355,7 @@ These are the common ones: To avoid the special meaning of the wildcards prepend a backslash. However, on MS-Windows the backslash is a path separator and "path\[abc]" is still seen as a wildcard when "[" is in the 'isfname' option. A simple way to avoid this -is to use "path\[[]abc]". Then the file "path[abc]" literally. +is to use "path\[[]abc]", this matches the file "path\[abc]". *starstar-wildcard* Expanding "**" is possible on Unix, Win32, Mac OS/X and a few other systems. @@ -368,16 +365,21 @@ Note there are some commands where this works slightly differently, see Example: > :n **/*.txt Finds files: - ttt.txt - subdir/ttt.txt - a/b/c/d/ttt.txt -When non-wildcard characters are used these are only matched in the first -directory. Example: > - :n /usr/inc**/*.h + aaa.txt ~ + subdir/bbb.txt ~ + a/b/c/d/ccc.txt ~ +When non-wildcard characters are used right before or after "**" these are +only matched in the top directory. They are not used for directories further +down in the tree. For example: > + :n /usr/inc**/types.h Finds files: - /usr/include/types.h - /usr/include/sys/types.h - /usr/inc_old/types.h + /usr/include/types.h ~ + /usr/include/sys/types.h ~ + /usr/inc/old/types.h ~ +Note that the path with "/sys" is included because it does not need to match +"/inc". Thus it's like matching "/usr/inc*/*/*...", not +"/usr/inc*/inc*/inc*". + *backtick-expansion* *`-expansion* On Unix and a few other systems you can also use backticks for the file name argument, for example: > @@ -596,6 +598,7 @@ list of the current window. :0argadd x x a b c :1argadd x a x b c :$argadd x a b c x + And after the last one: :+2argadd y a b c x y There is no check for duplicates, it is possible to add a file to the argument list twice. @@ -946,7 +949,7 @@ the newly written file (it might be there but contain bogus data). In that case try recovery, because the swap file is synced to disk and might still be there. |:recover| -The directories given with the 'backupdir' option is used to put the backup +The directories given with the 'backupdir' option are used to put the backup file in. (default: same directory as the written file). Whether the backup is a new file, which is a copy of the original file, or the @@ -1043,10 +1046,12 @@ The names can be in upper- or lowercase. edited. See |:confirm| and 'confirm'. :q[uit]! Quit without writing, also when the current buffer has - changes. If this is the last window and there is a - modified hidden buffer, the current buffer is - abandoned and the first changed hidden buffer becomes - the current buffer. + changes. The buffer is unloaded, also when it has + 'hidden' set. + If this is the last window and there is a modified + hidden buffer, the current buffer is abandoned and the + first changed hidden buffer becomes the current + buffer. Use ":qall!" to exit always. :cq[uit] Quit always, without writing, and return an error @@ -1147,7 +1152,7 @@ Examples: > If you want to always use ":confirm", set the 'confirm' option. - *:browse* *:bro* *E338* *E614* *E615* *E616* *E578* + *:browse* *:bro* *E338* *E614* *E615* *E616* :bro[wse] {command} Open a file selection dialog for an argument to {command}. At present this works for |:e|, |:w|, |:wall|, |:wq|, |:wqall|, |:x|, |:xall|, |:exit|, |