-*pattern.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Mar 28
+*pattern.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Jul 06
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
For the |:s| command the "e" flag can be used to avoid the error message
|:s_flags|.
+ *search-options*
+The following options affect how a search is performed in Vim:
+ 'hlsearch' highlight matches
+ 'ignorecase' ignore case when searching
+ 'imsearch' use |IME| when entering the search pattern
+ 'incsearch' show matches incrementally as the pattern is typed
+ 'shortmess' suppress messages |shm-s|; show search count |shm-S|
+ 'smartcase' override 'ignorecase' if pattern contains uppercase
+ 'wrapscan' continue searching from the start of the file
+
*search-offset* *{offset}*
These commands search for the specified pattern. With "/" and "?" an
additional offset may be given. There are two types of offsets: line offsets
search()-sub-match builtin.txt /*search()-sub-match*
search-commands pattern.txt /*search-commands*
search-offset pattern.txt /*search-offset*
+search-options pattern.txt /*search-options*
search-pattern pattern.txt /*search-pattern*
search-range pattern.txt /*search-range*
search-replace change.txt /*search-replace*
-*usr_27.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2019 Jul 14
+*usr_27.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2027 Jul 07
VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar
In chapter 3 a few simple search patterns were mentioned |03.9|. Vim can do
much more complex searches. This chapter explains the most often used ones.
-A detailed specification can be found here: |pattern|
+A detailed specification can be found here: |pattern| Options affecting how
+search is done can be found here: |search-options|
|27.1| Ignoring case
|27.2| Wrapping around the file end