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Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/api.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/api.txt b/runtime/doc/api.txt index b949f3016e..8928650a39 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/api.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/api.txt @@ -3267,6 +3267,12 @@ nvim_create_autocmd({event}, {*opts}) *nvim_create_autocmd()* pattern = { "*.py", "*.pyi" } < + Note: The `pattern` is passed to callbacks and commands as a literal string; environment + variables like `$HOME` and `~` are not automatically expanded as they are by |:autocmd|. Instead, + |expand()| such variables explicitly: > + pattern = vim.fn.expand("~") .. "/some/path/*.py" +< + Example values for event: > "BufWritePre" {"CursorHold", "BufWritePre", "BufWritePost"} @@ -3279,7 +3285,7 @@ nvim_create_autocmd({event}, {*opts}) *nvim_create_autocmd()* • group (string|integer) optional: the autocommand group name or id to match against. • pattern (string|array) optional: pattern or patterns to - match against |autocmd-pattern|. + match literally against |autocmd-pattern|. • buffer (integer) optional: buffer number for buffer local autocommands |autocmd-buflocal|. Cannot be used with {pattern}. |