runtime(doc): fix inconsistencies in :h file-searching

closes: #15201

Signed-off-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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zeertzjq
2024-07-10 20:06:52 +02:00
committed by Christian Brabandt
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*editing.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Apr 12
*editing.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Jul 10
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ There are three different types of searching:
stop-directories are appended to the path (for the 'path' option) or to
the filename (for the 'tags' option) with a ';'. If you want several
stop-directories separate them with ';'. If you want no stop-directory
("search upward till the root directory) just use ';'. >
("search upward till the root directory") just use ';'. >
/usr/include/sys;/usr
< will search in: >
/usr/include/sys
@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ There are three different types of searching:
If Vim's current path is /u/user_x/work/release and you do >
:set path=include;/u/user_x
< and then search for a file with |gf| the file is searched in: >
< and then search for a file with |gf| the file is searched in: >
/u/user_x/work/release/include
/u/user_x/work/include
/u/user_x/include
@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ There are three different types of searching:
3) Combined up/downward search:
If Vim's current path is /u/user_x/work/release and you do >
set path=**;/u/user_x
< and then search for a file with |gf| the file is searched in: >
< and then search for a file with |gf| the file is searched in: >
/u/user_x/work/release/**
/u/user_x/work/**
/u/user_x/**
@ -1841,10 +1841,10 @@ There are three different types of searching:
In the above example you might want to set path to: >
:set path=**,/u/user_x/**
< This searches:
/u/user_x/work/release/** ~
/u/user_x/** ~
This searches the same directories, but in a different order.
< This searches: >
/u/user_x/work/release/**
/u/user_x/**
< This searches the same directories, but in a different order.
Note that completion for ":find", ":sfind", and ":tabfind" commands do not
currently work with 'path' items that contain a URL or use the double star