On 2015-03-29 15:26, Peng Yu wrote: > > > When I ":help shiftwidth", I get to eval.txt. But I'd like to > > > get to options.txt. How to do so? Thanks. > > > > :help 'shiftwidth' > > What is the difference between with the single quote and without > the single quote? Where is this difference documented?
By convention, Vim's settings are targeted in the help by putting single-quotes around them. If they're unique, you can find them in the help without the quotes, as Vim does a best-guess matching for substrings. Thus if you do something like :help formatexpr it will take you to the same place as :help 'formatexpr' However, as you discovered, if you leave off the single-quotes and some other target is found, it will take you there instead. E.g. :help 'list' " takes you to the help on the 'list' setting vs :help list " takes you to the help on ":list" So generally, if you want to find an option/setting, make sure to include the single-quote. The conventions are listed at :help help-context which is visible right from the first page of just typing :help You can also hit control+D to have Vim show you the potential matches such as :help list<C-D> which shows that there are Ex commands, settings, functions, build-time options, variables, and data-types all containing the search-term "list". -tim -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
