On Thursday, December 5, 2013 11:25:02 AM UTC-5, ZyX wrote: >On Dec 5, 2013 7:36 PM, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote: >> According to ":help pattern", a word character is defined as >> [0-9A-Za-z]. When I press # or *, the search pattern becomes >> \<WordUnderCursor\>. The word WordUnderCursor highlights on all >> windows except for the netrw window (where there is a file named >> WordUnderCursor.m). However, if I remove the anchors to the >> beginning and end of the word in the search pattern, >> WordUnderCursor becomes highlighted in the netrw window. I did not >> think that netrw redefined some setting representing word >> characters (e.g, perhaps isword) to include the dot in >> WordUnderCursor.m, and I confirmed that there is not isword option. >> >> How does netrw prevent \<WordUnderCursor\> from matching >> WordUnderCursor.m, and is there a way to prevent this prevention? > > According to help \> uses &iskeyword, not &isword (in fact, I do not > know such a thing as &isword). You may override it in > .vim/after/ftplugin/netrw.vim, but you are likely to destroy syntax > highlighting in this case and maybe something else. Note that word > character definition is based on &iskeyword. \w has nothing to do > with vim word definition, see :h word and *not* :h pattern.
OK, thanks for the warning. I'll live with the current iskeyword until...well, until late one night when I frustrated and dare to try changing it. With luck, I may find that nothing much breaks other than cosmetics. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
