diff runtime/doc/starting.txt @ 9915:4da1a3879100 v7.4.2231

commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e11d61a3b1cdedf3144de697a2b38af62c3a78d8 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Aug 20 18:36:54 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.2231 Problem: ":oldfiles" output is a very long list. Solution: Add a pattern argument. (Coot, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/575)
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:45:05 +0200
parents 4360b2b46125
children e975914c17e9
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 						*:ol* *:oldfiles*
 :ol[dfiles]		List the files that have marks stored in the viminfo
 			file.  This list is read on startup and only changes
-			afterwards with ":rviminfo!".  Also see |v:oldfiles|.
+			afterwards with `:rviminfo!`.  Also see |v:oldfiles|.
 			The number can be used with |c_#<|.
 			{not in Vi, only when compiled with the |+eval|
 			feature}
 
+:ol[dfiles] {pat}
+:ol[dfiles] /{pat}/
+			Like `:oldfiles` but only files matching {pat} will
+			be included.  {pat} is a Vim search pattern.  Instead
+			of enclosing it in / any non-ID character (see
+			|'isident'|) can be used, so long as it does not
+			appear in {pat}.  Without the enclosing character the
+			pattern cannot include the bar character.
+
 :bro[wse] ol[dfiles][!]
 			List file names as with |:oldfiles|, and then prompt
 			for a number.  When the number is valid that file from