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diff runtime/doc/eval.txt @ 20627:8bce783af0cb v8.2.0867
patch 8.2.0867: using {xxx} for encoding a modifier is not nice
Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/fccd93f0917234b962ce07d1df3adf9d7105936f
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Sun May 31 22:06:51 2020 +0200
patch 8.2.0867: using \{xxx} for encoding a modifier is not nice
Problem: Using \{xxx} for encoding a modifier is not nice.
Solution: Use \<*xxx> instead, since it's the same as \<xxx> but producing a
different code.
| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 31 May 2020 22:15:03 +0200 |
| parents | 8eed1e9389bb |
| children | 7b8ac5e49451 |
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--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -1353,8 +1353,8 @@ A string constant accepts these special To use the double quote character it must be escaped: "<M-\">". Don't use <Char-xxxx> to get a utf-8 character, use \uxxxx as mentioned above. -\{xxx} like \<xxx> but prepends a modifier instead of including it in the - character. E.g. "\<C-w>" is one character 0x17 while "\{C-w}" is four +\<*xxx> Like \<xxx> but prepends a modifier instead of including it in the + character. E.g. "\<C-w>" is one character 0x17 while "\<*C-w>" is four bytes: 3 for the CTRL modifier and then character "W". Note that "\xff" is stored as the byte 255, which may be invalid in some