diff runtime/doc/eval.txt @ 6007:ce284c205558 v7.4.344

updated for version 7.4.344 Problem: Unessecary initializations and other things related to matchaddpos(). Solution: Code cleanup. (Alexey Radkov)
author Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
date Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:15:22 +0200
parents ef83b423ebf7
children 7b83c190d370
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--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
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@@ -4391,17 +4391,17 @@ matchaddpos({group}, {pos}[, {priority}[
 		required, for example to highlight matching parentheses.
 
 		The list {pos} can contain one of these items:
-		- A number.  This while line will be highlighted.  The first
+		- A number.  This whole line will be highlighted.  The first
 		  line has number 1.
 		- A list with one number, e.g., [23]. The whole line with this
 		  number will be highlighted.
 		- A list with two numbers, e.g., [23, 11]. The first number is
-		  the line number, the second one the column number (first
-		  column is 1).  The character at this position will be
-		  highlighted.
+		  the line number, the second one is the column number (first
+		  column is 1, the value must correspond to the byte index as
+		  |col()| would return).  The character at this position will
+		  be highlighted.
 		- A list with three numbers, e.g., [23, 11, 3]. As above, but
-		  the third number gives the length of the highlight in screen
-		  cells.
+		  the third number gives the length of the highlight in bytes.
 		
 		The maximum number of positions is 8.