2001-10-13 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>

	* viper-ex.el (ex-edit): make checks for modified buffer/file.
	(viper-get-ex-address-subr): more precise addr for the $ marker

	* viper-cmd.el: Fixed indentation.

	* viper.texi: Clarified that viper won't expand special symbols in
	search patterns.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/man/viper.texi b/man/viper.texi
index 2504bb2b539..a390b585077 100644
--- a/man/viper.texi
+++ b/man/viper.texi
@@ -3210,8 +3210,9 @@ syntax tables in order to not thwart the various major modes that set these
 tables.
 
 The usual Emacs convention is used to indicate Control Characters, i.e
-C-h for Control-h.  @emph{Do not confuse this to mean the separate
-characters C - h!!!} The @kbd{^} is itself, never used to indicate a
+C-h for Control-h.  @emph{Do not confuse this with a sequence of separate
+characters
+C, -, h!!!} The @kbd{^} is itself, never used to indicate a
 Control character.
 
 Finally, we note that Viper's Ex-style commands can be made to work on the
@@ -3680,6 +3681,10 @@ In Emacs, @samp{\&} stands for the last matched expression, so
 @kbd{s/[ab]+/\&\&/} will double the string matched by @kbd{[ab]}.
 Viper doesn't treat @samp{&} specially, unlike Vi: use @samp{\&} instead.
 
+Viper does not parse search patterns and does not expand special symbols
+found there (e.g., @samp{~} is not expanded to the result of the previous
+substitution).
+
 Note: @emph{The newline character (inserted as @kbd{C-qC-j})
 can be used in <repl>}.
 @item  :[x,y]copy [z]
@@ -3745,6 +3750,11 @@ wrapping around.
 @table @kbd
 @item <count>  /<string>
 To the <count>th occurrence of <string>.
+
+Viper does not parse search patterns and does not expand special symbols
+found there (e.g., @samp{~} is not expanded to the result of the previous
+substitution).
+
 @item <count>  ?<string>
 To the <count>th previous occurrence of <string>.
 @item <count>  g<move>