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diff --git a/docs/helix-keys.md b/docs/helix-keys.md index f46f5234..0f847405 100644 --- a/docs/helix-keys.md +++ b/docs/helix-keys.md @@ -245,7 +245,11 @@ re-runs the final pattern down the same path, so a submit can never disagree with what is on screen. Pressed in a tag, column tag or workspace tag they select in that tag's own text, and so does `|` pipe it; `/` searches the body wherever it is pressed (`Pane.prompt_for`). Engine: **mvzr** (`build.zig.zon`), a bytecode VM that -compiles a runtime pattern with no allocator. +compiles a runtime pattern with no allocator, called the way sam searches +(`src/regexp.zig`, shared with a pane's `addr` file): each line is its own +haystack, so `^` and `$` match at every line's start and end and `.` never +crosses a newline, and a pattern naming `\n` runs over the whole selection. +Where helix's `^` is only the selection's start, this is sam's. | Key | Behavior | Notes | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | |