John Little wrote:
> On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 1:54:53 PM UTC+12, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > for this, line 827 of doc/tagsrch.txt would have had to be: > > *che* *chec* *check* *checkp* *checkpa* *checkpat* *checkpath* > > instead of just the first and last ones of these; similarly for _all_ > > other ex-commands, which I believe would have made the doc/tags file > > much bigger. > > Extra tags would only be needed where there's ambiguity. I compiled a > list; the middle column is what you get if you type the given at the : > command prompt, and the third column is the topic you get if you ask > for help for the given: Thanks, that is very useful. I don't know how you generated this, but I assume these are the useful ones. > > given | : | :help : > --------+--------------+------------- > arg | args | arga > bre | brewind | break > cab | cabbrev | cabclear > cadd | caddbuffer | caddexpr > chec | checkpath | checktime > cne | cnext | cnewer > cnor | cnoremap | cnoreabbrev > cun | cunmap | cunabbrev > diff | diffupdate | diffget > doaut | doautocmd | doautoall > end | endif | endfunction > folddo | folddopen | folddoc > inor | inoremap | inoreabbrev > keep | keepmarks | keepalt > ladd | laddbuffer | laddexpr This one is the wrong way around, :ladd stands for :laddexpr. > lfi | lfile | lfirst > lge | lgetfile | lgetbuffer > lma | lmap | lmake > lock | lockmarks | lockvar > mkvi | mkvimrc | mkview > sfi | sfind | sfirst > snore | snoremap | snoremenu > ver | version | verbose > > One or two extra tags for each of these is not going to significantly > add to vim's 10,000 or so. > > > :help :check<Tab> (with 'wildmenu' on) or :help :check<Ctrl-D> would > > have shown you all helptags beginning with :check > > How would I have known to do that, when I did not know that there > might be another command starting with "check"? I use the help when I > don't know stuff, that's the point of it. -- Ed's Radiator Shop: The Best Place in Town to Take a Leak. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/201906021148.x52BmXEI007959%40masaka.moolenaar.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
