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diff --git a/runtime/doc/editing.txt b/runtime/doc/editing.txt index 5f7d7d97d2..69f834b04d 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 Feb 01 +*editing.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Feb 16 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -368,16 +368,21 @@ 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: > @@ -947,7 +952,7 @@ 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 |