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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2015-07-21 15:48:27 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2015-07-21 15:48:27 +0200
commit6561d52ecbe6e24d1b90403078cc8b76c53c42fc (patch)
treef68a8d31545f7b89ae0e31a81f8e0ac0216a99ac /runtime/doc
parentd51cb706a4e3ae99555bc214a64c83603c701139 (diff)
downloadvim-6561d52ecbe6e24d1b90403078cc8b76c53c42fc.zip
patch 7.4.792
Problem: Can only conceal text by defining syntax items. Solution: Use matchadd() to define concealing. (Christian Brabandt)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc')
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/eval.txt13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index 1a9e4f395..d68d4d805 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -4430,9 +4430,18 @@ matchadd({group}, {pattern}[, {priority}[, {id}]])
message will appear and the match will not be added. An ID
is specified as a positive integer (zero excluded). IDs 1, 2
and 3 are reserved for |:match|, |:2match| and |:3match|,
- respectively. If the {id} argument is not specified,
+ respectively. If the {id} argument is not specified or -1,
|matchadd()| automatically chooses a free ID.
+ The optional {dict} argmument allows for further custom
+ values. Currently this is used to specify a match specifc
+ conceal character that will be shown for |hl-Conceal|
+ highlighted matches. The dict can have the following members:
+
+ conceal Special character to show instead of the
+ match (only for |hl-Conceal| highlighed
+ matches, see |:syn-cchar|)
+
The number of matches is not limited, as it is the case with
the |:match| commands.
@@ -4446,7 +4455,7 @@ matchadd({group}, {pattern}[, {priority}[, {id}]])
available from |getmatches()|. All matches can be deleted in
one operation by |clearmatches()|.
-matchaddpos({group}, {pos}[, {priority}[, {id}]]) *matchaddpos()*
+matchaddpos({group}, {pos}[, {priority}[, {id}[, {dict}]]]) *matchaddpos()*
Same as |matchadd()|, but requires a list of positions {pos}
instead of a pattern. This command is faster than |matchadd()|
because it does not require to handle regular expressions and