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diff --git a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt index 1a76a4749a..5897f756d8 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2014 Sep 06 +*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Jan 03 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ explanations are in chapter 27 |usr_27.txt|. *n* n Repeat the latest "/" or "?" [count] times. + If the cursor doesn't move the search is repeated with + count + 1. |last-pattern| *N* @@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ gD Goto global Declaration. When the cursor is on a *CTRL-C* CTRL-C Interrupt current (search) command. Use CTRL-Break on - MS-DOS |dos-CTRL-Break|. + Windows |dos-CTRL-Break|. In Normal mode, any pending command is aborted. *:noh* *:nohlsearch* @@ -390,8 +392,8 @@ Use of "\M" makes the pattern after it be interpreted as if 'nomagic' is used. Use of "\v" means that in the pattern after it all ASCII characters except '0'-'9', 'a'-'z', 'A'-'Z' and '_' have a special meaning. "very magic" -Use of "\V" means that in the pattern after it only the backslash has a -special meaning. "very nomagic" +Use of "\V" means that in the pattern after it only the backslash and the +terminating character (/ or ?) has a special meaning. "very nomagic" Examples: after: \v \m \M \V matches ~ @@ -399,6 +401,7 @@ after: \v \m \M \V matches ~ $ $ $ \$ matches end-of-line . . \. \. matches any character * * \* \* any number of the previous atom + ~ ~ \~ \~ latest substitute string () \(\) \(\) \(\) grouping into an atom | \| \| \| separating alternatives \a \a \a \a alphabetic character @@ -475,6 +478,7 @@ More explanation and examples below, follow the links. |/\%v| \%23v \%23v in virtual column 23 |/zero-width| Character classes: */character-classes* + magic nomagic matches ~ |/\i| \i \i identifier character (see 'isident' option) |/\I| \I \I like "\i", but excluding digits |/\k| \k \k keyword character (see 'iskeyword' option) @@ -505,6 +509,7 @@ Character classes: */character-classes* class with end-of-line included (end of character classes) + magic nomagic matches ~ |/\e| \e \e <Esc> |/\t| \t \t <Tab> |/\r| \r \r <CR> @@ -530,6 +535,7 @@ Character classes: */character-classes* |/\Z| \Z \Z ignore differences in Unicode "combining characters". Useful when searching voweled Hebrew or Arabic text. + magic nomagic matches ~ |/\m| \m \m 'magic' on for the following chars in the pattern |/\M| \M \M 'magic' off for the following chars in the pattern |/\v| \v \v the following chars in the pattern are "very magic" @@ -1050,7 +1056,10 @@ x A single character, with no special meaning, matches itself *E769* When the ']' is not there Vim will not give an error message but assume no collection is used. Useful to search for '['. However, you - do get E769 for internal searching. + do get E769 for internal searching. And be aware that in a + `:substitute` command the whole command becomes the pattern. E.g. + ":s/[/x/" searches for "[/x" and replaces it with nothing. It does + not search for "[" and replaces it with "x"! If the sequence begins with "^", it matches any single character NOT in the collection: "[^xyz]" matches anything but 'x', 'y' and 'z'. @@ -1082,10 +1091,13 @@ x A single character, with no special meaning, matches itself *[:backspace:]* [:backspace:] the <BS> character The brackets in character class expressions are additional to the brackets delimiting a collection. For example, the following is a - plausible pattern for a UNIX filename: "[-./[:alnum:]_~]\+" That is, + plausible pattern for a Unix filename: "[-./[:alnum:]_~]\+" That is, a list of at least one character, each of which is either '-', '.', '/', alphabetic, numeric, '_' or '~'. - These items only work for 8-bit characters. + These items only work for 8-bit characters, except [:lower:] and + [:upper:] also work for multi-byte characters when using the new + regexp engine. In the future these items may work for multi-byte + characters. */[[=* *[==]* - An equivalence class. This means that characters are matched that have almost the same meaning, e.g., when ignoring accents. This |