runtime(doc): clarify ':set[l] {option}<' behaviour
Commit:
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/374e26aba2e5e0a220b1a7ce1934b0eb5f493e6c
Author: Matt Ellis <m.t.el...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat Feb 24 17:02:43 2024 +0100
runtime(doc): clarify ':set[l] {option}<' behaviour
closes: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/14062
Signed-off-by: Matt Ellis <m.t.el...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <c...@256bit.org>
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index b70fb15d9..48e45e835 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -365,11 +365,24 @@ created, thus they behave slightly differently:
For a global option the global value is
shown (but that might change in the future).
-:setl[ocal] {option}< Set the local value of {option} to its global value by
- copying the value.
-
-:se[t] {option}< For |global-local| options: Remove the local value of
- {option}, so that the global value will be used.
+:se[t] {option}< Set the effective value of {option} to its global
+ value.
+ For string |global-local| options, the local value is
+ removed, so that the global value will be used.
+ For all other options, the global value is copied to
+ the local value.
+
+:setl[ocal] {option}< Set the effective value of {option} to its global
+ value.
+ For number and boolean |global-local| options, the
+ local value is removed, so that the global value will
+ be used.
+ For all other options, including string |global-local|
+ options, the global value is copied to the local
+ value.
+
+Note that the behaviour for |global-local| options is slightly different
+between string and number-based options.
*:setg* *:setglobal*
:setg[lobal][!] ... Like ":set" but set only the global value for a local
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