From 6d6dffa6113d44b34d1bb2d2945c7f17cfe0172a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mohamed Akram Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:34:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] runtime(doc): document global insert behavior This is a partial revert of 8f3f58f since this issue was fixed in #15120. related: #15120 Signed-off-by: Mohamed Akram Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt --- runtime/doc/insert.txt | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/runtime/doc/insert.txt b/runtime/doc/insert.txt index d48018f584..0d59a2edab 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/insert.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/insert.txt @@ -2005,8 +2005,15 @@ command in ex mode: > one two < -NOTE: These commands cannot be used with |:global| or |:vglobal|. -":append" and ":insert" don't work properly in between ":if" and +In |Ex-mode|, when these commands are used with |:global| or |:vglobal| then +the lines are obtained from the text following the command. Separate lines +with a NL escaped with a backslash: > + :global/abc/insert\ + one line\ + another line +The final "." is not needed then. + +NOTE: ":append" and ":insert" don't work properly in between ":if" and ":endif", ":for" and ":endfor", ":while" and ":endwhile". *:start* *:startinsert*