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author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2010-06-27 05:18:54 +0200 |
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committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2010-06-27 05:18:54 +0200 |
commit | 730cde924cea50977bdbfa5b977180bfaa188a27 (patch) | |
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Added ":earlier 1f" and ":later 1f".
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt index 02669b00d..e6cfd4d68 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt @@ -9,16 +9,40 @@ Vim provides multi-level undo. If you undo a few changes and then make a new change you create a branch in the undo tree. This text is about moving through the branches. -|32.1| Numbering changes -|32.2| Jumping around the tree -|32.3| Time travelling +|32.1| Undo up to a file write +|32.2| Numbering changes +|32.3| Jumping around the tree +|32.4| Time travelling Next chapter: |usr_40.txt| Make new commands Previous chapter: |usr_31.txt| Exploiting the GUI Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt| ============================================================================== -*32.1* Numbering changes +*32.1* Undo up to a file write + +Sometimes you make several changes, and then discover you want to go back to +when you have last written the file. You can do that with this command: > + + :earlier 1f + +The "f" stands for "file" here. + +You can repeat this command to go further back in the past. Or use a count +diferent from 1 to go back faster. + +If you go back too far, go forward again with: > + + :later 1f + +Note that these commands really work in time sequence. This matters if you +made changes after undoing some changes. It's explained in the next section. + +Also note that we are talking about text writes here. For writing the undo +information in a file see |undo-persistence|. + +============================================================================== +*32.2* Numbering changes In section |02.5| we only discussed one line of undo/redo. But it is also possible to branch off. This happens when you undo a few changes and then @@ -66,7 +90,7 @@ it. But sometimes by the number of one of the changes below it, especially when moving up in the tree, so that you know which change was just undone. ============================================================================== -*32.2* Jumping around the tree +*32.3* Jumping around the tree So how do you get to "one two" now? You can use this command: > @@ -114,7 +138,7 @@ Using |:undo| is useful if you know what change you want to jump to. |g-| and You can type a count before |g-| and |g+| to repeat them. ============================================================================== -*32.3* Time travelling +*32.4* Time travelling When you have been working on text for a while the tree grows to become big. Then you may want to go to the text of some minutes ago. @@ -133,10 +157,10 @@ seconds with this command: > :earlier 10s Depending on how much time you took for the changes you end up at a certain -position in the tree. The |:earlier| command argument can be "m" for minutes -and "h" for hours. To go all the way back use a big number: > +position in the tree. The |:earlier| command argument can be "m" for minutes, +"h" for hours and "d" for days. To go all the way back use a big number: > - :earlier 10h + :earlier 100d To travel forward in time again use the |:later| command: > @@ -144,6 +168,11 @@ To travel forward in time again use the |:later| command: > The arguments are "s", "m" and "h", just like with |:earlier|. +If you want even more details, or want to manipulate the information, you can +use the |undotree()| function. To see what it returns: > + + :echo undotree() + ============================================================================== Next chapter: |usr_40.txt| Make new commands |