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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Apr 26
+*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Jun 08
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ An atom can be followed by an indication of how many times the atom can be
matched and in what way. This is called a multi. See |/multi| for an
overview.
- */star* */\star* *E56*
+ */star* */\star*
* (use \* when 'magic' is not set)
Matches 0 or more of the preceding atom, as many as possible.
Example 'nomagic' matches ~
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ overview.
the end of the file and then tries matching "END", backing up one
character at a time.
- */\+* *E57*
+ */\+*
\+ Matches 1 or more of the preceding atom, as many as possible.
Example matches ~
^.\+$ any non-empty line
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ overview.
\? Just like \=. Cannot be used when searching backwards with the "?"
command.
- */\{* *E58* *E60* *E554* *E870*
+ */\{* *E60* *E554* *E870*
\{n,m} Matches n to m of the preceding atom, as many as possible
\{n} Matches n of the preceding atom
\{n,} Matches at least n of the preceding atom, as many as possible
@@ -947,14 +947,18 @@ $ At end of pattern or in front of "\|", "\)" or "\n" ('magic' on):
< When 'hlsearch' is set and you move the cursor around and make changes
this will clearly show when the match is updated or not.
To match the text up to column 17: >
- /.*\%17v
-< Column 17 is included, because that's where the "\%17v" matches,
- even though this is a |/zero-width| match. Adding a dot to match the
- next character has the same result: >
- /.*\%17v.
+ /^.*\%17v
+< Column 17 is not included, because this is a |/zero-width| match. To
+ include the column use: >
+ /^.*\%17v.
< This command does the same thing, but also matches when there is no
character in column 17: >
- /.*\%<18v.
+ /^.*\%<18v.
+< Note that without the "^" to anchor the match in the first column,
+ this will also highlight column 17: >
+ /.*\%17v
+< Column 17 is highlighted by 'hlsearch' because there is another match
+ where ".*" matches zero characters.
<
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