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Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/change.txt | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/options.txt | 10 |
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/change.txt b/runtime/doc/change.txt index e23fc49d89..b461aa521f 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/change.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/change.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*change.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2014 Jun 26 +*change.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2015 Jan 27 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ letters to replace their previous contents or as uppercase letters to append to their previous contents. When the '>' flag is present in 'cpoptions' then a line break is inserted before the appended text. -5. Read-only registers ":, "., "% and "# +5. Read-only registers ":, ". and "% These are '%', '#', ':' and '.'. You can use them only with the "p", "P", and ":put" commands and with CTRL-R. *quote_.* *quote.* *E29* @@ -1121,8 +1121,6 @@ and ":put" commands and with CTRL-R. ('textwidth' and other options affect what is inserted). *quote_%* *quote%* "% Contains the name of the current file. - *quote_#* *quote#* - "# Contains the name of the alternate file. *quote_:* *quote:* *E30* ": Contains the most recent executed command-line. Example: Use "@:" to repeat the previous command-line command. @@ -1130,7 +1128,23 @@ and ":put" commands and with CTRL-R. one character of it was typed. Thus it remains unchanged if the command was completely from a mapping. -6. Expression register "= *quote_=* *quote=* *@=* + *quote_#* *quote#* +6. Alternate file register "# +Contains the name of the alternate file for the current window. It will +change how the |CTRL-^| command works. +This register is writable, mainly to allow for restoring it after a plugin has +changed it. It accepts buffer number: > + let altbuf = bufnr(@#) + ... + let @# = altbuf +It will give error |E86| if you pass buffer number and this buffer does not +exist. +It can also accept a match with an existing buffer name: > + let @# = 'buffer_name' +Error |E93| if there is more than one buffer matching the given name or |E94| +if none of buffers matches the given name. + +7. Expression register "= *quote_=* *quote=* *@=* This is not really a register that stores text, but is a way to use an expression in commands which use a register. The expression register is read-only; you cannot put text into it. After the '=', the cursor moves to @@ -1151,7 +1165,7 @@ If the "= register is used for the "p" command, the String is split up at <NL> characters. If the String ends in a <NL>, it is regarded as a linewise register. -7. Selection and drop registers "*, "+ and "~ +8. Selection and drop registers "*, "+ and "~ Use these registers for storing and retrieving the selected text for the GUI. See |quotestar| and |quoteplus|. When the clipboard is not available or not working, the unnamed register is used instead. For Unix systems and Mac OS X, @@ -1169,12 +1183,12 @@ GTK GUI} Note: The "~ register is only used when dropping plain text onto Vim. Drag'n'drop of URI lists is handled internally. -8. Black hole register "_ *quote_* +9. Black hole register "_ *quote_* When writing to this register, nothing happens. This can be used to delete text without affecting the normal registers. When reading from this register, nothing is returned. -9. Last search pattern register "/ *quote_/* *quote/* +10. Last search pattern register "/ *quote_/* *quote/* Contains the most recent search-pattern. This is used for "n" and 'hlsearch'. It is writable with `:let`, you can change it to have 'hlsearch' highlight other matches without actually searching. You can't yank or delete into this diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt index 610a1964f9..9d3a87b978 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/options.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt @@ -2821,9 +2821,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. written even on filesystems which do metadata-only journaling. This will force the harddrive to spin up on Linux systems running in laptop mode, so it may be undesirable in some situations. Be warned that - turning this off increases the chances of data loss after a crash. On - systems without an fsync() implementation, this variable is always - off. + turning this off increases the chances of data loss after a crash. Also see 'swapsync' for controlling fsync() on swap files. *'gdefault'* *'gd'* *'nogdefault'* *'nogd'* @@ -6220,14 +6218,12 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. 'swapsync' 'sws' string (default "fsync") global When this option is not empty a swap file is synced to disk after - writing to it. This takes some time, especially on busy unix systems. + writing to it. This takes some time, especially on busy Unix systems. When this option is empty parts of the swap file may be in memory and not written to disk. When the system crashes you may lose more work. On Unix the system does a sync now and then without Vim asking for it, so the disadvantage of setting this option off is small. On some - systems the swap file will not be written at all. For a unix system - setting it to "sync" will use the sync() call instead of the default - fsync(), which may work better on some systems. + systems the swap file will not be written at all. The 'fsync' option is used for the actual file. *'switchbuf'* *'swb'* |