Ozaki Kiichi wrote:
> The example of `\%V` in help-doc does not work.
>
> `vim -Nu NONE`
>
> ```vim
> set wrapscan
> " input 'foo123bar'
> normal ifoo123bar
> " set visual area 'foo123bar'
> normal 0ve
> /\%Vfoo.*bar\%V
> ```
>
> `E486: Pattern not found: \%Vfoo.*bar\%V`
>
> but pattern `/\%Vfoo.*ba\%Vr` matches.
>
> **NOTE:** Actually, `\%V` matches the following cases:
>
> * the next char of `\%V` is in Visual area; `\%Va`means `a` is in Visual area
> * otherwise (`\%V` is a trailing of the pattern), works as if the next char
> is `.` (i.e. `\%V.`)
>
> Other zero-width atoms also behave the same way.
Thanks. Yes, this can be confusing. I think it's worth explaining why
the \%V goes before the "r". Let's keep the pattern and explain the
difference.
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