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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2010-08-08 18:29:48 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2010-08-08 18:29:48 +0200
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Update help about wildcards in 'tags' option.
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-*options.txt* For Vim version 7.3e. Last change: 2010 Aug 04
+*options.txt* For Vim version 7.3e. Last change: 2010 Aug 08
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -6887,8 +6887,11 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
'cpoptions'. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. Also see
|tags-option|.
"*", "**" and other wildcards can be used to search for tags files in
- a directory tree. See |file-searching|. {not available when compiled
- without the |+path_extra| feature}
+ a directory tree. See |file-searching|. E.g., "/lib/**/tags" will
+ find all files named "tags" below "/lib". The filename itself cannot
+ contain wildcards, it is used as-is. E.g., "/lib/**/tags?" will find
+ files called "tags?". {not available when compiled without the
+ |+path_extra| feature}
The |tagfiles()| function can be used to get a list of the file names
actually used.
If Vim was compiled with the |+emacs_tags| feature, Emacs-style tag