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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index 8baaef54b3..c907e23a62 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -5978,6 +5978,10 @@ match({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *match()* The 'ignorecase' option is used to set the ignore-caseness of the pattern. 'smartcase' is NOT used. The matching is always done like 'magic' is set and 'cpoptions' is empty. + Note that a match at the start is preferred, thus when the + pattern is using "*" (any number of matches) it tends to find + zero matches at the start instead of a number of matches + further down in the text. *matchadd()* *E798* *E799* *E801* *E957* matchadd({group}, {pattern}[, {priority}[, {id} [, {dict}]]]) @@ -10225,11 +10229,11 @@ text... ":endtry" is reached thereafter, the next (dynamically) surrounding ":try" is checked for a corresponding ":finally" etc. Then the script - processing is terminated. (Whether a function - definition has an "abort" argument does not matter.) + processing is terminated. Whether a function + definition has an "abort" argument does not matter. Example: > - :try | edit too much | finally | echo "cleanup" | endtry - :echo "impossible" " not reached, script terminated above + try | call Unknown() | finally | echomsg "cleanup" | endtry + echomsg "not reached" < Moreover, an error or interrupt (dynamically) inside ":try" and ":endtry" is converted to an exception. It @@ -10246,8 +10250,8 @@ text... error exception is not caught, always beginning with the error number. Examples: > - :try | sleep 100 | catch /^Vim:Interrupt$/ | endtry - :try | edit | catch /^Vim(edit):E\d\+/ | echo "error" | endtry + try | sleep 100 | catch /^Vim:Interrupt$/ | endtry + try | edit | catch /^Vim(edit):E\d\+/ | echo "error" | endtry < *:cat* *:catch* *E603* *E604* *E605* :cat[ch] /{pattern}/ The following commands until the next |:catch|, @@ -10415,6 +10419,9 @@ text... these are hard to recognize and therefore not to be used. + The command cannot be followed by "|" and another + command, since "|" is seen as part of the expression. + *:exe* *:execute* :exe[cute] {expr1} .. Executes the string that results from the evaluation |