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@@ -762,13 +762,6 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
When the value is empty, Vi compatible backspacing is used, none of
the ways mentioned for the items above are possible.
- For backwards compatibility with version 5.4 and earlier:
- value effect ~
- 0 same as ":set backspace=" (Vi compatible)
- 1 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol"
- 2 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol,start"
- 3 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol,nostop"
-
*'backup'* *'bk'* *'nobackup'* *'nobk'*
'backup' 'bk' boolean (default off)
global
@@ -880,8 +873,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
- Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >
:set bdir=c:\\tmp,\ dir\\,with\\,commas,\\\ dir\ with\ spaces
-< - For backwards compatibility with Vim version 3.0 a '>' at the start
- of the option is removed.
+<
See also 'backup' and 'writebackup' options.
If you want to hide your backup files on Unix, consider this value: >
:set backupdir=./.backup,~/.backup,.,/tmp
@@ -2083,9 +2075,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
- Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >
:set dir=c:\\tmp,\ dir\\,with\\,commas,\\\ dir\ with\ spaces
-< - For backwards compatibility with Vim version 3.0 a '>' at the start
- of the option is removed.
-
+<
Editing the same file twice will result in a warning. Using "/tmp" on
is discouraged: if the system crashes you lose the swap file. And
others on the computer may be able to see the files.
@@ -4490,10 +4480,6 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
option may be relative or absolute.
- Use commas to separate directory names: >
:set path=.,/usr/local/include,/usr/include
-< - Spaces can also be used to separate directory names (for backwards
- compatibility with version 3.0). To have a space in a directory
- name, precede it with an extra backslash, and escape the space: >
- :set path=.,/dir/with\\\ space
< - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with an extra
backslash: >
:set path=.,/dir/with\\,comma