From 476b65ebac22eb7f4923c11d75da366eda95492e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:40:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] runtime(doc): mention using <script> instead of <sfile> in
 :autocmd

fixes: #17569

Signed-off-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
---
 runtime/doc/autocmd.txt | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/runtime/doc/autocmd.txt b/runtime/doc/autocmd.txt
index 204a9117c4..d11cb1f185 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/autocmd.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/autocmd.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*autocmd.txt*   For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2025 Apr 21
+*autocmd.txt*   For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2025 Jun 19
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ exception is that "<sfile>" is expanded when the autocmd is defined.  Example:
 	:au BufNewFile,BufRead *.html so <sfile>:h/html.vim
 
 Here Vim expands <sfile> to the name of the file containing this line.
+However, <sfile> works differently in a function, in which case it's better to
+use `:execute` with <script> to achieve the same purpose:
+>
+	:exe $'au BufNewFile,BufRead *.html so {expand("<script>:h")}/html.vim'
 
 `:autocmd` adds to the list of autocommands regardless of whether they are
 already present.  When your .vimrc file is sourced twice, the autocommands