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diff --git a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt index f3f5bcbd66..ab78b8b71c 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Jun 08 +*pattern.txt* Nvim VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -9,16 +9,7 @@ Patterns and search commands *pattern-searches* The very basics can be found in section |03.9| of the user manual. A few more explanations are in chapter 27 |usr_27.txt|. -1. Search commands |search-commands| -2. The definition of a pattern |search-pattern| -3. Magic |/magic| -4. Overview of pattern items |pattern-overview| -5. Multi items |pattern-multi-items| -6. Ordinary atoms |pattern-atoms| -7. Ignoring case in a pattern |/ignorecase| -8. Composing characters |patterns-composing| -9. Compare with Perl patterns |perl-patterns| -10. Highlighting matches |match-highlight| + Type |gO| to see the table of contents. ============================================================================== 1. Search commands *search-commands* @@ -130,8 +121,7 @@ gD Goto global Declaration. When the cursor is on a ends before the cursor position. *CTRL-C* -CTRL-C Interrupt current (search) command. Use CTRL-Break on - Windows |dos-CTRL-Break|. +CTRL-C Interrupt current (search) command. In Normal mode, any pending command is aborted. *:noh* *:nohlsearch* @@ -354,8 +344,8 @@ For starters, read chapter 27 of the user manual |usr_27.txt|. */\%#=* *two-engines* *NFA* Vim includes two regexp engines: 1. An old, backtracking engine that supports everything. -2. A new, NFA engine that works much faster on some patterns, but does not - support everything. +2. A new, NFA engine that works much faster on some patterns, possibly slower + on some patterns. Vim will automatically select the right engine for you. However, if you run into a problem or want to specifically select one engine or the other, you can @@ -863,10 +853,13 @@ $ At end of pattern or in front of "\|", "\)" or "\n" ('magic' on): \%V Match inside the Visual area. When Visual mode has already been stopped match in the area that |gv| would reselect. This is a |/zero-width| match. To make sure the whole pattern is - inside the Visual area put it at the start and end of the pattern, - e.g.: > + inside the Visual area put it at the start and just before the end of + the pattern, e.g.: > + /\%Vfoo.*ba\%Vr +< This also works if only "foo bar" was Visually selected. This: > /\%Vfoo.*bar\%V -< Only works for the current buffer. +< would match "foo bar" if the Visual selection continues after the "r". + Only works for the current buffer. */\%#* *cursor-position* \%# Matches with the cursor position. Only works when matching in a @@ -1065,12 +1058,16 @@ x A single character, with no special meaning, matches itself ":s/[/x/" searches for "[/x" and replaces it with nothing. It does not search for "[" and replaces it with "x"! + *E944* *E945* If the sequence begins with "^", it matches any single character NOT in the collection: "[^xyz]" matches anything but 'x', 'y' and 'z'. - If two characters in the sequence are separated by '-', this is shorthand for the full list of ASCII characters between them. E.g., - "[0-9]" matches any decimal digit. Non-ASCII characters can be - used, but the character values must not be more than 256 apart. + "[0-9]" matches any decimal digit. If the starting character exceeds + the ending character, e.g. [c-a], E944 occurs. Non-ASCII characters + can be used, but the character values must not be more than 256 apart + in the old regexp engine. For example, searching by [\u3000-\u4000] + after setting re=1 emits a E945 error. Prepending \%#=2 will fix it. - A character class expression is evaluated to the set of characters belonging to that character class. The following character classes are supported: |