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changeset 34426:af0fe603b692
runtime(doc): clarify ':set[l] {option}<' behaviour
Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/374e26aba2e5e0a220b1a7ce1934b0eb5f493e6c
Author: Matt Ellis <m.t.ellis@gmail.com>
Date: Sat Feb 24 17:02:43 2024 +0100
runtime(doc): clarify ':set[l] {option}<' behaviour
closes: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/14062
Signed-off-by: Matt Ellis <m.t.ellis@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
| author | Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 24 Feb 2024 17:15:05 +0100 |
| parents | 9b158fa73dd3 |
| children | 2c0b18822510 |
| files | runtime/doc/options.txt |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt @@ -365,11 +365,24 @@ created, thus they behave slightly diffe For a global option the global value is shown (but that might change in the future). -:setl[ocal] {option}< Set the local value of {option} to its global value by - copying the value. - -:se[t] {option}< For |global-local| options: Remove the local value of - {option}, so that the global value will be used. +:se[t] {option}< Set the effective value of {option} to its global + value. + For string |global-local| options, the local value is + removed, so that the global value will be used. + For all other options, the global value is copied to + the local value. + +:setl[ocal] {option}< Set the effective value of {option} to its global + value. + For number and boolean |global-local| options, the + local value is removed, so that the global value will + be used. + For all other options, including string |global-local| + options, the global value is copied to the local + value. + +Note that the behaviour for |global-local| options is slightly different +between string and number-based options. *:setg* *:setglobal* :setg[lobal][!] ... Like ":set" but set only the global value for a local