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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2010-06-27 05:18:54 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2010-06-27 05:18:54 +0200
commit730cde924cea50977bdbfa5b977180bfaa188a27 (patch)
treec0570ec54157923527d3da2d10c31782738d532d /runtime/doc
parenta800b42975f7a62282cb90d8c61ef3cff2fe810a (diff)
Added ":earlier 1f" and ":later 1f".
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc')
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/eval.txt2
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/undo.txt15
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/usr_02.txt2
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/usr_32.txt47
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/usr_toc.txt7
5 files changed, 60 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index c19a34569f..5d6a205001 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -5797,6 +5797,8 @@ undotree() *undotree()*
something readable.
"save_last" Number of the last file write. Zero when no
write yet.
+ "save_cur" Number of the current position in the undo
+ tree.
"synced" Non-zero when the last undo block was synced.
This happens when waiting from input from the
user. See |undo-blocks|.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/undo.txt b/runtime/doc/undo.txt
index 1ed2ecd05a..d1433d5bc2 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/undo.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/undo.txt
@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ g- Go to older text state. With a count repeat that many
:earlier {N}s Go to older text state about {N} seconds before.
:earlier {N}m Go to older text state about {N} minutes before.
:earlier {N}h Go to older text state about {N} hours before.
+:earlier {N}d Go to older text state about {N} days before.
+
+:earlier {N}f Go to older text state {N} file writes before.
+ When changes were made since the laste write
+ ":earlier 1f" will revert the text to the state when
+ it was written. Otherwise it will go to the write
+ before that.
+ When at the state of the first file write, or when
+ the file was not written, ":earlier 1f" will go to
+ before the first change.
*g+*
g+ Go to newer text state. With a count repeat that many
@@ -154,6 +164,11 @@ g+ Go to newer text state. With a count repeat that many
:later {N}s Go to newer text state about {N} seconds later.
:later {N}m Go to newer text state about {N} minutes later.
:later {N}h Go to newer text state about {N} hours later.
+:later {N}d Go to newer text state about {N} days later.
+
+:later {N}f Go to newer text state {N} file writes later.
+ When at the state of the last file write, ":later 1f"
+ will go to the newest text state.
Note that text states will become unreachable when undo information is cleared
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_02.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_02.txt
index 2e49781aba..6cd4b4f620 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_02.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_02.txt
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ edited. Typing this command twice cancels the preceding "U".
The "U" command is a change by itself, which the "u" command undoes and CTRL-R
redoes. This might be a bit confusing. Don't worry, with "u" and CTRL-R you
-can go to any of the situations you had. More about that in section |32.1|.
+can go to any of the situations you had. More about that in section |32.2|.
==============================================================================
*02.6* Other editing commands
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt
index 02669b00d0..e6cfd4d682 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt
@@ -9,16 +9,40 @@ Vim provides multi-level undo. If you undo a few changes and then make a new
change you create a branch in the undo tree. This text is about moving
through the branches.
-|32.1| Numbering changes
-|32.2| Jumping around the tree
-|32.3| Time travelling
+|32.1| Undo up to a file write
+|32.2| Numbering changes
+|32.3| Jumping around the tree
+|32.4| Time travelling
Next chapter: |usr_40.txt| Make new commands
Previous chapter: |usr_31.txt| Exploiting the GUI
Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt|
==============================================================================
-*32.1* Numbering changes
+*32.1* Undo up to a file write
+
+Sometimes you make several changes, and then discover you want to go back to
+when you have last written the file. You can do that with this command: >
+
+ :earlier 1f
+
+The "f" stands for "file" here.
+
+You can repeat this command to go further back in the past. Or use a count
+diferent from 1 to go back faster.
+
+If you go back too far, go forward again with: >
+
+ :later 1f
+
+Note that these commands really work in time sequence. This matters if you
+made changes after undoing some changes. It's explained in the next section.
+
+Also note that we are talking about text writes here. For writing the undo
+information in a file see |undo-persistence|.
+
+==============================================================================
+*32.2* Numbering changes
In section |02.5| we only discussed one line of undo/redo. But it is also
possible to branch off. This happens when you undo a few changes and then
@@ -66,7 +90,7 @@ it. But sometimes by the number of one of the changes below it, especially
when moving up in the tree, so that you know which change was just undone.
==============================================================================
-*32.2* Jumping around the tree
+*32.3* Jumping around the tree
So how do you get to "one two" now? You can use this command: >
@@ -114,7 +138,7 @@ Using |:undo| is useful if you know what change you want to jump to. |g-| and
You can type a count before |g-| and |g+| to repeat them.
==============================================================================
-*32.3* Time travelling
+*32.4* Time travelling
When you have been working on text for a while the tree grows to become big.
Then you may want to go to the text of some minutes ago.
@@ -133,10 +157,10 @@ seconds with this command: >
:earlier 10s
Depending on how much time you took for the changes you end up at a certain
-position in the tree. The |:earlier| command argument can be "m" for minutes
-and "h" for hours. To go all the way back use a big number: >
+position in the tree. The |:earlier| command argument can be "m" for minutes,
+"h" for hours and "d" for days. To go all the way back use a big number: >
- :earlier 10h
+ :earlier 100d
To travel forward in time again use the |:later| command: >
@@ -144,6 +168,11 @@ To travel forward in time again use the |:later| command: >
The arguments are "s", "m" and "h", just like with |:earlier|.
+If you want even more details, or want to manipulate the information, you can
+use the |undotree()| function. To see what it returns: >
+
+ :echo undotree()
+
==============================================================================
Next chapter: |usr_40.txt| Make new commands
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_toc.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_toc.txt
index 63242e3621..0e3460f92a 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_toc.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_toc.txt
@@ -273,9 +273,10 @@ Subjects that can be read independently.
|31.5| Various
|usr_32.txt| The undo tree
- |32.1| Numbering changes
- |32.2| Jumping around the tree
- |32.3| Time travelling
+ |32.1| Undo up to a file write
+ |32.2| Numbering changes
+ |32.3| Jumping around the tree
+ |32.4| Time travelling
==============================================================================
Tuning Vim ~