changeset 35691:bb9517448450

runtime(doc): document global insert behavior Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6d6dffa6113d44b34d1bb2d2945c7f17cfe0172a Author: Mohamed Akram <mohd.akram@outlook.com> Date: Sun Jul 14 10:34:25 2024 +0200 runtime(doc): document global insert behavior This is a partial revert of 8f3f58f since this issue was fixed in https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/15120. related: #15120 Signed-off-by: Mohamed Akram <mohd.akram@outlook.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:13:37 +0200
parents dee94b06b3de
children 90c3b23f6475
files runtime/doc/insert.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/runtime/doc/insert.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/insert.txt
@@ -2005,8 +2005,15 @@ command in ex mode: >
 	one
 	two
 <
-NOTE: These commands cannot be used with |:global| or |:vglobal|.
-":append" and ":insert" don't work properly in between ":if" and
+In |Ex-mode|, when these commands are used with |:global| or |:vglobal| then
+the lines are obtained from the text following the command.  Separate lines
+with a NL escaped with a backslash: >
+	:global/abc/insert\
+	one line\
+	another line
+The final "." is not needed then.
+
+NOTE: ":append" and ":insert" don't work properly in between ":if" and
 ":endif", ":for" and ":endfor", ":while" and ":endwhile".
 
 							*:start* *:startinsert*