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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2008-06-24 21:16:56 +0000
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2008-06-24 21:16:56 +0000
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
index 5331cfec4..cb367d07b 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.1. Last change: 2007 May 11
+*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.2a. Last change: 2008 Jun 21
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ CTRL-C Interrupt current (search) command. Use CTRL-Break on
This command doesn't work in an autocommand, because
the highlighting state is saved and restored when
executing autocommands |autocmd-searchpat|.
+ Same thing for when invoking a user function.
While typing the search pattern the current match will be shown if the
'incsearch' option is on. Remember that you still have to finish the search
@@ -497,8 +498,8 @@ Character classes {not in Vi}: */character-classes*
|/[]| [] \[] any character specified inside the []
|/\%[]| \%[] \%[] a sequence of optionally matched atoms
-|/\c| \c \c ignore case
-|/\C| \C \C match case
+|/\c| \c \c ignore case, do not use the 'ignorecase' option
+|/\C| \C \C match case, do not use the 'ignorecase' option
|/\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"
@@ -596,9 +597,9 @@ overview.
Example matches ~
ab\{2,3}c "abbc" or "abbbc"
- a\{5} "aaaaa".
- ab\{2,}c "abbc", "abbbc", "abbbbc", etc
- ab\{,3}c "ac", "abc", "abbc" or "abbbc".
+ a\{5} "aaaaa"
+ ab\{2,}c "abbc", "abbbc", "abbbbc", etc.
+ ab\{,3}c "ac", "abc", "abbc" or "abbbc"
a[bc]\{3}d "abbbd", "abbcd", "acbcd", "acccd", etc.
a\(bc\)\{1,2}d "abcd" or "abcbcd"
a[bc]\{-}[cd] "abc" in "abcd"
@@ -681,11 +682,11 @@ overview.
for a match).
Example matches ~
\(foo\)\@<!bar any "bar" that's not in "foobar"
- \(\/\/.*\)\@\<!in "in" which is not after "//"
+ \(\/\/.*\)\@<!in "in" which is not after "//"
*/\@>*
\@> Matches the preceding atom like matching a whole pattern. {not in Vi}
- Like '(?>pattern)" in Perl.
+ Like "(?>pattern)" in Perl.
Example matches ~
\(a*\)\@>a nothing (the "a*" takes all the "a"'s, there can't be
another one following)
@@ -720,7 +721,7 @@ An ordinary atom can be:
start-of-line
*/$*
-$ At end of pattern or in front of "\|" or "\)" ("|" or ")" after "\v"):
+$ At end of pattern or in front of "\|", "\)" or "\n" ('magic' on):
matches end-of-line <EOL>; at other positions, matches literal '$'.
|/zero-width|
@@ -870,7 +871,7 @@ $ At end of pattern or in front of "\|" or "\)" ("|" or ")" after "\v"):
WARNING: When inserting or deleting text Vim does not automatically
update highlighted matches. This means Syntax highlighting quickly
becomes wrong.
- Example, to highlight the all characters after virtual column 72: >
+ Example, to highlight all the characters after virtual column 72: >
/\%>72v.*
< When 'hlsearch' is set and you move the cursor around and make changes
this will clearly show when the match is updated or not.
@@ -1071,6 +1072,9 @@ x A single character, with no special meaning, matches itself
< Matches the words "r", "re", "ro", "rea", "roa", "read" and "road".
There can be no \(\), \%(\) or \z(\) items inside the [] and \%[] does
not nest.
+ To include a "[" use "[[]" and for "]" use []]", e.g.,: >
+ /index\%[[[]0[]]]
+< matches "index" "index[", "index[0" and "index[0]".
{not available when compiled without the +syntax feature}
*/\%d* */\%x* */\%o* */\%u* */\%U* *E678*
@@ -1225,11 +1229,14 @@ Finally, these constructs are unique to Perl:
'ignorecase' does not apply, use |/\c| in the pattern to
ignore case. Otherwise case is not ignored.
+ 'redrawtime' defines the maximum time searched for pattern
+ matches.
+
When matching end-of-line and Vim redraws only part of the
display you may get unexpected results. That is because Vim
looks for a match in the line where redrawing starts.
- Also see |matcharg()|and |getmatches()|. The former returns
+ Also see |matcharg()| and |getmatches()|. The former returns
the highlight group and pattern of a previous |:match|
command. The latter returns a list with highlight groups and
patterns defined by both |matchadd()| and |:match|.