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diff --git a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt index 2ff676ac2..d12f0a054 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 Jan 26 +*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 Feb 20 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -522,11 +522,6 @@ An atom can be followed by an indication of how many times the atom can be matched and in what way. This is called a multi. See |/multi| for an overview. -It is not possible to use a multi that can match more than one time after an -atom that can match an empty string. That's because this could result in an -endless loop. If you try it, you will get this error message: > - *, \+ or \{ operand could be empty -< */star* */\star* *E56* * (use \* when 'magic' is not set) Matches 0 or more of the preceding atom, as many as possible. @@ -577,7 +572,7 @@ endless loop. If you try it, you will get this error message: > \{-} matches 0 or more of the preceding atom, as few as possible {Vi does not have any of these} - n and m are positive decimal numbers + n and m are positive decimal numbers or zero If a "-" appears immediately after the "{", then a shortest match first algorithm is used (see example below). In particular, "\{-}" is @@ -982,6 +977,17 @@ x A single character, with no special meaning, matches itself a list of at least one character, each of which is either '-', '.', '/', alphabetic, numeric, '_' or '~'. These items only work for 8-bit characters. + */[[=* *[==]* + - An equivalence class. This means that characters are matched that + have almost the same meaning, e.g., when ignoring accents. The form + is: + [=a=] + Currrently this is only implemented for latin1. Also works for the + latin1 characters in utf-8 and latin9. + */[[.* *[..]* + - A collation element. This currently simply accepts a single + character in the form: + [.a.] */\]* - To include a literal ']', '^', '-' or '\' in the collection, put a backslash before it: "[xyz\]]", "[\^xyz]", "[xy\-z]" and "[xyz\\]". |