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| author | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2017-11-12 22:19:25 +1300 |
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| committer | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2017-11-12 22:19:25 +1300 |
| commit | d82c507a79c6dd1aeb9dfaaab261846a6e8dabb1 (patch) | |
| tree | bd63d3b1dd7ab1bf26959aec4cee9c2e61b46cb6 | |
| parent | Add path rules for detecting Vim help files (diff) | |
| download | dotfiles-d82c507a79c6dd1aeb9dfaaab261846a6e8dabb1.tar.gz dotfiles-d82c507a79c6dd1aeb9dfaaab261846a6e8dabb1.zip | |
Update and correct detect_background.vim help
| -rw-r--r-- | vim/doc/detect_background.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/vim/doc/detect_background.txt b/vim/doc/detect_background.txt index ad42221c..ed122aee 100644 --- a/vim/doc/detect_background.txt +++ b/vim/doc/detect_background.txt @@ -3,11 +3,17 @@ Author: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> License: Same terms as Vim itself (see |license|) -This plugin inspects the $COLORFGBG environment variable to determine whether -the user is using a terminal with a light background. It reverses Vim's -built-in attempts to do this, which have the opposite default. +The detect_background#DetectBackground() function provided by this plugin +inspects the $COLORFGBG environment variable to determine whether the user is +using a terminal with a light background, and returns the word "dark" or +"light" accordingly, for use in setting 'background'. -It does not inspect the value of the $TERM variable or |'term'| at all. +The function does roughly the reverse of Vim's built-in heuristics to set the +'background' option, which default to a light background in the absence of +hints otherwise. + +Note that this plugin does not inspect the value of the $TERM environment +variable or the |'term'| option at all, nor the |'t_RB'| option. This plugin lives in Tom Ryder's "dotfiles" suite, and will eventually be spun off into a separate distribution as it solidifies and this documentation |