diff runtime/doc/options.txt @ 9098:0d52ddff8db4 v7.4.1833

commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2ff8b64679242e73248774a388d54931c9ce49bd Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue May 24 10:46:45 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.1833 Problem: Cannot use an Ex command for 'keywordprg'. Solution: Accept an Ex command. (Nelo-Thara Wallus)
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Tue, 24 May 2016 11:00:09 +0200
parents 071f9da012fb
children bc38030aec7d
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@@ -4587,16 +4587,18 @@ A jump table for the options with a shor
 
 					*'keywordprg'* *'kp'*
 'keywordprg' 'kp'	string	(default "man" or "man -s",  DOS: ":help",
-						OS/2: "view /", VMS: "help")
+								  VMS: "help")
 			global or local to buffer |global-local|
 			{not in Vi}
 	Program to use for the |K| command.  Environment variables are
 	expanded |:set_env|.  ":help" may be used to access the Vim internal
 	help.  (Note that previously setting the global option to the empty
 	value did this, which is now deprecated.)
-	When "man" is used, Vim will automatically translate a count for the
-	"K" command to a section number.  Also for "man -s", in which case the
-	"-s" is removed when there is no count.
+	When the first character is ":", the command is invoked as a Vim
+	Ex command prefixed with [count].
+	When "man", "man -s" or an Ex command is used, Vim will automatically
+	translate a count for the "K" command and pass it as the first
+	argument.  For "man -s" the "-s" is removed when there is no count.
 	See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
 	Example: >
 		:set keywordprg=man\ -s