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diff --git a/runtime/doc/quickfix.txt b/runtime/doc/quickfix.txt index 5a8370057..76e0454ef 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/quickfix.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/quickfix.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*quickfix.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2006 Mar 07 +*quickfix.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2006 Mar 08 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -478,8 +478,13 @@ advantages are: - Uses Vim search patterns. Multi-line patterns can be used. - When plugins are enabled: compressed and remote files can be searched. |gzip| |netrw| -- When 'hidden' is set the files are kept loaded, thus repeating a search is - much faster. Uses a lot of memory though! + +To be able to do this Vim loads each file as if it is being edited. When +there is no match in the file the assicated buffer is wiped out again. The +'hidden' option is ignored here to avoid running out of memory or file +descriptors when searching many files. However, when the |:hide| command +modifier is used the buffers are kept loaded. This makes following searches +in the same files a lot faster. 5.1 using Vim's internal grep |