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diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt index 769a45c707..a888d92ae0 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/options.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*options.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2004 Oct 21 +*options.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2004 Dec 09 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ example, if Alt-b produces <Esc>b, use this: > (the ^[ is a real <Esc> here, use CTRL-V <Esc> to enter it) The advantage over a mapping is that it works in all situations. +The t_xx options cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for +security reasons. + The listing from ":set" looks different from Vi. Long string options are put at the end of the list. The number of options is quite large. The output of "set all" probably does not fit on the screen, causing Vim to give the @@ -953,6 +956,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. accidentally overwriting existing files with a backup file. You might prefer using ".bak", but make sure that you don't have files with ".bak" that you want to keep. + Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal. If you like to keep a lot of backups, you could use a BufWritePre autocommand to change 'backupext' just before writing the file to @@ -1835,7 +1839,9 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. everything inside quotes is ignored. When matching a paren inside quotes, it will find the matching one (if there is one). This works very well for C programs. - *cpo-star* + This flag is also used for other features, such as + C-indenting. + cpo-star* * Use ":*" in the same way as ":@". When not included, ":*" is an alias for ":'<,'>", select the Visual area. *cpo-<* @@ -2479,6 +2485,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. type that is actually stored with the file. This option is not copied to another buffer, independent of the 's' or 'S' flag in 'cpoptions'. + Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal. *'fillchars'* *'fcs'* 'fillchars' 'fcs' string (default "vert:|,fold:-") @@ -2725,6 +2732,20 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for security reasons. + *'fsync'* *'fs'* +'fsync' 'fs' boolean (default on) + global + {not in Vi} + When on, the library function fsync() will be called after writing a + file. This will flush a file to disk, ensuring that it is safely + written even on filesystems which do metadata-only journaling. This + will force the harddrive to spin up on Linux systems running in laptop + mode, so it may be undesirable in some situations. Be warned that + turning this off increases the chances of data loss after a crash. On + systems without an fsync() implementation, this variable is always + off. + Also see 'swapsync' for controlling fsync() on swap files. + *'gdefault'* *'gd'* *'nogdefault'* *'nogd'* 'gdefault' 'gd' boolean (default off) global @@ -2791,6 +2812,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. the height of the cursor can be changed. This can be done by specifying a block cursor, or a percentage for a vertical or horizontal cursor. + For a console the 't_SI' and 't_EI' escape sequences are used. The option is a comma separated list of parts. Each part consist of a mode-list and an argument-list: @@ -3686,6 +3708,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. Setting this option to a valid keymap name has the side effect of setting 'iminsert' to one, so that the keymap becomes effective. 'imsearch' is also set to one, unless it was -1 + Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal. *'keymodel'* *'km'* 'keymodel' 'km' string (default "") @@ -3777,6 +3800,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. matter what $LANG is set to: > :set langmenu=nl_NL.ISO_8859-1 < When 'langmenu' is empty, |v:lang| is used. + Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal. If your $LANG is set to a non-English language but you do want to use the English menus: > :set langmenu=none @@ -4427,6 +4451,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. Using 'patchmode' for compressed files appends the extension at the end (e.g., "file.gz.orig"), thus the resulting name isn't always recognized as a compressed file. + Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal. *'path'* *'pa'* *E343* *E345* *E347* 'path' 'pa' string (default on Unix: ".,/usr/include,," @@ -4537,6 +4562,8 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. feature} The name of the printer to be used for |:hardcopy|. See |pdev-option|. + This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for + security reasons. *'printencoding'* *'penc'* 'printencoding' 'penc' String (default empty, except for some systems) @@ -5647,6 +5674,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. systems the swap file will not be written at all. For a unix system setting it to "sync" will use the sync() call instead of the default fsync(), which may work better on some systems. + The 'fsync' option is used for the actual file. *'switchbuf'* *'swb'* 'switchbuf' 'swb' string (default "") @@ -5687,6 +5715,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. Syntax autocommand event is triggered with the value as argument. This option is not copied to another buffer, independent of the 's' or 'S' flag in 'cpoptions'. + Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal. *'tabstop'* *'ts'* 'tabstop' 'ts' number (default 8) @@ -6065,6 +6094,8 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. This option will be used for the window title when exiting Vim if the original title cannot be restored. Only happens if 'title' is on or 'titlestring' is not empty. + This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for + security reasons. *'titlestring'* 'titlestring' string (default "") global @@ -6649,8 +6680,8 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. keys can be mapped. If the menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', the ALT key is never used for the menu. - In the Win32 version, the <F10> key is handled like this too, since - Windows uses it to select a menu. + This option is not used for <F10>; on Win32 and with GTK <F10> will + select the menu, unless it has been mapped. *'winheight'* *'wh'* *E591* 'winheight' 'wh' number (default 1) |