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diff runtime/doc/pattern.txt @ 6697:12155a47f6c2
Update runtime files.
| author | Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> |
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| date | Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:06:14 +0100 |
| parents | 3af822eb4da5 |
| children | aea5ebf352c4 |
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--- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2015 Feb 17 +*pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2015 Mar 16 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -1060,7 +1060,10 @@ x A single character, with no special me *E769* When the ']' is not there Vim will not give an error message but assume no collection is used. Useful to search for '['. However, you - do get E769 for internal searching. + do get E769 for internal searching. And be aware that in a + `:substitute` command the whole command becomes the pattern. E.g. + ":s/[/x/" searches for "[/x" and replaces it with nothing. It does + not search for "[" and replaces it with "x"! If the sequence begins with "^", it matches any single character NOT in the collection: "[^xyz]" matches anything but 'x', 'y' and 'z'.