runtime(doc): add a section for options influencing search
Commit:
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0ae9e19540dda5d18359013fadf20f7d6b04f1fb
Author: Christian Brabandt <c...@256bit.org>
Date: Sun Jul 6 10:24:41 2025 +0200
runtime(doc): add a section for options influencing search
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <c...@256bit.org>
diff --git a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
index 857a3e648..9af0c24f4 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*pattern.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Mar 28
+*pattern.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Jul 06
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ matches in every line with `:vglobal`.
For the |:s| command the "e" flag can be used to avoid the error message
|:s_flags|.
+ *search-options*
+The following options affect how a search is performed in Vim:
+ 'hlsearch' highlight matches
+ 'ignorecase' ignore case when searching
+ 'imsearch' use |IME| when entering the search pattern
+ 'incsearch' show matches incrementally as the pattern is
typed
+ 'shortmess' suppress messages |shm-s|; show search count
|shm-S|
+ 'smartcase' override 'ignorecase' if pattern contains
uppercase
+ 'wrapscan' continue searching from the start of the file
+
*search-offset* *{offset}*
These commands search for the specified pattern. With "/" and "?" an
additional offset may be given. There are two types of offsets: line offsets
diff --git a/runtime/doc/tags b/runtime/doc/tags
index 3f83210b4..351d837ed 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/tags
+++ b/runtime/doc/tags
@@ -10057,6 +10057,7 @@ search() builtin.txt /*search()*
search()-sub-match builtin.txt /*search()-sub-match*
search-commands pattern.txt /*search-commands*
search-offset pattern.txt /*search-offset*
+search-options pattern.txt /*search-options*
search-pattern pattern.txt /*search-pattern*
search-range pattern.txt /*search-range*
search-replace change.txt /*search-replace*
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_27.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_27.txt
index bb5b5657a..d8bdf1ba1 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_27.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_27.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*usr_27.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2019 Jul 14
+*usr_27.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2027 Jul 07
VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
In chapter 3 a few simple search patterns were mentioned |03.9|. Vim can do
much more complex searches. This chapter explains the most often used ones.
-A detailed specification can be found here: |pattern|
+A detailed specification can be found here: |pattern| Options affecting how
+search is done can be found here: |search-options|
|27.1| Ignoring case
|27.2| Wrapping around the file end
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