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diff --git a/runtime/doc/editing.txt b/runtime/doc/editing.txt index 828de1501..e598f31ee 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/editing.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/editing.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*editing.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2012 Apr 03 +*editing.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2012 Jul 10 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -377,8 +377,9 @@ command that accepts more than one file name (like ":next file1 file2") embedded spaces must be escaped with a backslash. *wildcard* *wildcards* -Wildcards in {file} are expanded. Which wildcards are supported depends on -the system. These are the common ones: +Wildcards in {file} are expanded, but as with file completion, 'wildignore' +and 'suffixes' apply. Which wildcards are supported depends on the system. +These are the common ones: ? matches one character * matches anything, including nothing ** matches anything, including nothing, recurses into directories @@ -422,9 +423,11 @@ You can have the backticks expanded as a Vim expression, instead of an external command, by using the syntax `={expr}` e.g.: > :e `=tempname()` The expression can contain just about anything, thus this can also be used to -avoid the special meaning of '"', '|', '%' and '#'. Names are to be separated -with line breaks. When the result is a |List| then each item is used as a -name. Line breaks also separate names. +avoid the special meaning of '"', '|', '%' and '#'. However, 'wildignore' +does apply like to other wildcars. +If the expression returns a string then names are to be separated with line +breaks. When the result is a |List| then each item is used as a name. Line +breaks also separate names. *++opt* *[++opt]* The [++opt] argument can be used to force the value of 'fileformat', @@ -1066,6 +1069,7 @@ The names can be in upper- or lowercase. If there are other tab pages and quitting the last window in the current tab page the current tab page is closed |tab-page|. + Triggers the |QuitPre| autocommand event. :conf[irm] q[uit] Quit, but give prompt when changes have been made, or the last file in the argument list has not been @@ -1215,13 +1219,13 @@ For versions of Vim where browsing is not supported, the command is executed unmodified. *browsefilter* -For MS Windows, you can modify the filters that are used in the browse dialog. -By setting the g:browsefilter or b:browsefilter variables, you can change the -filters globally or locally to the buffer. The variable is set to a string in -the format "{filter label}\t{pattern};{pattern}\n" where {filter label} is the -text that appears in the "Files of Type" comboBox, and {pattern} is the -pattern which filters the filenames. Several patterns can be given, separated -by ';'. +For MS Windows and GTK, you can modify the filters that are used in the browse +dialog. By setting the g:browsefilter or b:browsefilter variables, you can +change the filters globally or locally to the buffer. The variable is set to +a string in the format "{filter label}\t{pattern};{pattern}\n" where {filter +label} is the text that appears in the "Files of Type" comboBox, and {pattern} +is the pattern which filters the filenames. Several patterns can be given, +separated by ';'. For Motif the same format is used, but only the very first pattern is actually used (Motif only offers one pattern, but you can edit it). @@ -1229,7 +1233,7 @@ used (Motif only offers one pattern, but you can edit it). For example, to have only Vim files in the dialog, you could use the following command: > - let g:browsefilter="Vim Scripts\t*.vim\nVim Startup Files\t*vimrc\n" + let g:browsefilter = "Vim Scripts\t*.vim\nVim Startup Files\t*vimrc\n" You can override the filter setting on a per-buffer basis by setting the b:browsefilter variable. You would most likely set b:browsefilter in a @@ -1239,6 +1243,13 @@ difficult to start editing a file of a different type. To overcome this, you may want to add "All Files\t*.*\n" as the final filter, so that the user can still access any desired file. +To avoid setting browsefilter when Vim does not actually support it, you can +use has("browsefilter"): > + + if has("browsefilter") + let g:browsefilter = "whatever" + endif + ============================================================================== 7. The current directory *current-directory* |