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diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt index 07f4eb80c5..e2af4d5bc1 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/options.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt @@ -136,10 +136,26 @@ To include white space in a string option value it has to be preceded with a backslash. To include a backslash you have to use two. Effectively this means that the number of backslashes in an option value is halved (rounded down). +In options 'path', 'cdpath', and 'tags', spaces have to be preceded with three +backslashes instead becuase they can be separated by either commas or spaces. +Comma-separated options like 'backupdir' and 'tags' will also require commas +to be escaped with two backslashes, whereas this is not needed for +non-comma-separated ones like 'makeprg'. +When setting options using |:let| and |literal-string|, you need to use one +fewer layer of backslash. A few examples: > - :set tags=tags\ /usr/tags results in "tags /usr/tags" - :set tags=tags\\,file results in "tags\,file" - :set tags=tags\\\ file results in "tags\ file" + :set makeprg=make\ file results in "make file" + :let &makeprg='make file' (same as above) + :set makeprg=make\\\ file results in "make\ file" + :set tags=tags\ /usr/tags results in "tags" and "/usr/tags" + :set tags=tags\\\ file results in "tags file" + :let &tags='tags\ file' (same as above) + + :set makeprg=make,file results in "make,file" + :set makeprg=make\\,file results in "make\,file" + :set tags=tags,file results in "tags" and "file" + :set tags=tags\\,file results in "tags,file" + :let &tags='tags\,file' (same as above) The "|" character separates a ":set" command from a following command. To include the "|" in the option value, use "\|" instead. This example sets the @@ -6426,8 +6442,8 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. 'tags' 'tag' string (default "./tags;,tags") global or local to buffer |global-local| Filenames for the tag command, separated by spaces or commas. To - include a space or comma in a file name, precede it with a backslash - (see |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes). + include a space or comma in a file name, precede it with backslashes + (see |option-backslash| about including spaces/commas and backslashes). When a file name starts with "./", the '.' is replaced with the path of the current file. But only when the 'd' flag is not included in 'cpoptions'. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. Also see |