Re: fault in * in perl files (.pl)

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 03:24:52PM +0000, 'c.willis111@btinternet.com' via vim_use wrote:
>in .pl files vim includes colon (:) in the identifier character set.
>This is sort of reasonable, as perl identifiers include those of the
>form /\w+::\w+/ .
>
>Unfortunately this prevents search finding the next relevant entry in
>(where the search is started with a * on intl1.):
>
> $intl1 = $intobl + 1 ; # new 12 Jan 2021
> s/(\d+)/$1==4?$intl1:$row/eg ; # revised 12 Jan 2021
>Can this be changed to only accept double colons as part of an
>identifier in a * search?

No. The subject you're looking for is :help 'iskeyword', and see 'isfname' for its format. It's a list of single characters that consist a keyword, there's no "but not a double character" option, unfortunately.

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