Re: slight correction in online help under Magic \V

Linda Walsh wrote:

> On 12/24/2018 10:16 AM, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > Use of "\V" means that in the pattern after it only the backslash and the
> > terminating character (usually / or ?) has a special meaning. "very nomagic"
> >
> >
> "Use of "\V" means that in the remaining pattern, only a backslash and
> terminating character (usually / or ?) have special meaning. "Very
> nomagic"
>
> 1) 'comma' after first clause
> 2) 'a' instead 'the', as the use of a backslash isn't limited to one usage,
> 3) 'terminating character' ("specifier dropped" as specifier for other
> subject
> ('a') is distributed over both subject-nouns;
> (OR: "the corresponding, terminating character"; felt it read better
> without
> the extra word)
> 4) 'have' instead of 'has' (subject-verb quantity agreement)
> 5) "special meaning" is a property, not a thing,
> like "has magic" or "does not have magic", but not
> "has a magic" or "does not have a magic"

Thanks for taking a close look and making corrections. I think there
are a few remaining unclarities. It may be semantically correct, but it
doesn't mean it's clear to the reader (and for many readers English is a
second language).

How about this (also including the text for \v, since it's similar):

Use of "\v" means that after it, all ASCII characters except '0'-'9', 'a'-'z',
'A'-'Z' and '_' have special meaning: "very magic"

Use of "\V" means that after it, only a backslash and terminating character
(usually / or ?) have special meaning: "very nomagic"

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