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diff --git a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt index e90532974c..92147ecbce 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ $ At end of pattern or in front of "\|", "\)" or "\n" ('magic' on): These three can be used to match specific columns in a buffer or string. The "23" can be any column number. The first column is 1. Actually, the column is the byte number (thus it's not exactly right - for multi-byte characters). + for multibyte characters). WARNING: When inserting or deleting text Vim does not automatically update the matches. This means Syntax highlighting quickly becomes wrong. @@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ Character classes: \p printable character (see 'isprint' option) */\p* \P like "\p", but excluding digits */\P* -NOTE: the above also work for multi-byte characters. The ones below only +NOTE: the above also work for multibyte characters. The ones below only match ASCII characters, as indicated by the range. *whitespace* *white-space* @@ -1120,9 +1120,9 @@ x A single character, with no special meaning, matches itself a list of at least one character, each of which is either '-', '.', '/', alphabetic, numeric, '_' or '~'. These items only work for 8-bit characters, except [:lower:] and - [:upper:] also work for multi-byte characters when using the new + [:upper:] also work for multibyte characters when using the new regexp engine. See |two-engines|. In the future these items may - work for multi-byte characters. For now, to get all "alpha" + work for multibyte characters. For now, to get all "alpha" characters you can use: [[:lower:][:upper:]]. The "Func" column shows what library function is used. The @@ -1245,8 +1245,8 @@ When working with expression evaluation, a <NL> character in the pattern matches a <NL> in the string. The use of "\n" (backslash n) to match a <NL> doesn't work there, it only works to match text in the buffer. - *pattern-multi-byte* -Patterns will also work with multi-byte characters, mostly as you would + *pattern-multi-byte* *pattern-multibyte* +Patterns will also work with multibyte characters, mostly as you would expect. But invalid bytes may cause trouble, a pattern with an invalid byte will probably never match. |