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diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt index 270232179a..386fcdf8c0 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/options.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt @@ -843,6 +843,14 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. name, precede it with a backslash. - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with a backslash. - A directory name may end in an '/'. + - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//", + the swap file name will be built from the complete path to the file + with all path separators changed to percent '%' signs. This will + ensure file name uniqueness in the backup directory. + On Win32, it is also possible to end with "\\". However, When a + separating comma is following, you must use "//", since "\\" will + include the comma in the file name. Therefore it is recommended to + use '//', instead of '\\'. - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. - Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: > @@ -1992,12 +2000,14 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. - A directory starting with "./" (or ".\" for Windows) means to put the swap file relative to where the edited file is. The leading "." is replaced with the path name of the edited file. - - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//" - or "\\", the swap file name will be built from the complete path to - the file with all path separators substituted to percent '%' signs. - This will ensure file name uniqueness in the preserve directory. - On Win32, when a separating comma is following, you must use "//", - since "\\" will include the comma in the file name. + - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//", + the swap file name will be built from the complete path to the file + with all path separators substituted to percent '%' signs. This will + ensure file name uniqueness in the preserve directory. + On Win32, it is also possible to end with "\\". However, When a + separating comma is following, you must use "//", since "\\" will + include the comma in the file name. Therefore it is recommended to + use '//', instead of '\\'. - Spaces after the comma are ignored, other spaces are considered part of the directory name. To have a space at the start of a directory name, precede it with a backslash. |