On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 07:30:55PM -0500, Bill McCarthy wrote:
>
> Thanks, Tony. I was just getting ready to respond to myself
> with another solution I found with a hint from the help
> file:
>
> let b:match_words =
> \'\%(\S\+\)\@<!text\s*$:\%(\S\+\)\@<!endtext\s*$'
>
> Hint from ":help matchit-spaces"
> Also ":help /\@<!"
>
> But I'm still wondering why '\zs' didn't work.
Even I do not know for sure.
I think the point is that matchit takes
'<pat1>:<pat2>'
and builds up the regex
/\%(<pat1>\)\|\%(<pat2>\)/ .
If you are just searching for /<pat1>/ then it does not matter if <pat1>
is
\s*\zstext
or
\(\s*\)\@<=text ,
but when you build the larger regex, it does make a difference.
IIRC, early versions of the script were written before \@<= was
added so I included a special marker (& I think, inspired by :menu
syntax) for when you wanted to position the cursor somewhere other than
at the start of the match.
HTH --Benji Fisher
