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diff runtime/doc/pattern.txt @ 5901:10fc95f48546 v7.4.293
updated for version 7.4.293
Problem: It is not possible to ignore composing characters at a specific
point in a pattern.
Solution: Add the %C item.
| author | Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 13 May 2014 19:37:29 +0200 |
| parents | 1dea14d4c738 |
| children | 32de51778c27 |
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--- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt @@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ Character classes {not in Vi}: */char |/\%u| \%u \%u match specified multibyte character (eg \%u20ac) |/\%U| \%U \%U match specified large multibyte character (eg \%U12345678) +|/\%C| \%C \%C match any composing characters Example matches ~ \<\I\i* or @@ -1207,12 +1208,18 @@ will probably never match. 8. Composing characters *patterns-composing* */\Z* -When "\Z" appears anywhere in the pattern, composing characters are ignored. -Thus only the base characters need to match, the composing characters may be -different and the number of composing characters may differ. Only relevant -when 'encoding' is "utf-8". +When "\Z" appears anywhere in the pattern, all composing characters are +ignored. Thus only the base characters need to match, the composing +characters may be different and the number of composing characters may differ. +Only relevant when 'encoding' is "utf-8". Exception: If the pattern starts with one or more composing characters, these must match. + */\%C* +Use "\%C" to skip any composing characters. For example, the pattern "a" does +not match in "càt" (where the a has the composing character 0x0300), but +"a\%C" does. Note that this does not match "cát" (where the á is character +0xe1, it does not have a compositing character). It does match "cat" (where +the a is just an a). When a composing character appears at the start of the pattern of after an item that doesn't include the composing character, a match is found at any