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diff --git a/doc/sciteco.7.template b/doc/sciteco.7.template index 4dd08b2..7a2e924 100644 --- a/doc/sciteco.7.template +++ b/doc/sciteco.7.template @@ -742,7 +742,24 @@ Replacement string register. Its integer part is unused. .TP .BR * " (asterisk)" -Name and id of current buffer in ring. +File name (string part) and id (numeric part) of current +buffer in ring. +The unnamed buffer has an empty name. +If the current document is a register, this returns the +name or id of the buffer last edited. +The \(lq*\(rq register may also be edited but changing its +string contents has no effect on the file name of the buffer. +Setting the numeric part of the \(lq*\(rq register, +as in \(lq1U*\(rq, is equivalent to editing a buffer by id +(e.g. \(lq1EB\fB$\fP\(rq) but is shorter since there is no +string parameter. +This allows the useful idioms of changing to the previous +buffer with \(lq-%*\fB$\fP\(rq, changing to the next +buffer with \(lq%*\fB$\fP\(rq and changing the current buffer +temporarily: +.EX +[* ! ...change current buffer... ! ]* +.EE .TP .BR $ " (Escape)" Command-line replacement register. |