runtime(doc): add a section for options influencing search
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
diff --git a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
index 857a3e6..9af0c24 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*pattern.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Mar 28
+*pattern.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Jul 06
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -183,6 +183,16 @@
For the |:s| command the "e" flag can be used to avoid the error message
|:s_flags|.
+ *search-options*
+The following options affect how a search is performed in Vim:
+ 'hlsearch' highlight matches
+ 'ignorecase' ignore case when searching
+ 'imsearch' use |IME| when entering the search pattern
+ 'incsearch' show matches incrementally as the pattern is typed
+ 'shortmess' suppress messages |shm-s|; show search count |shm-S|
+ 'smartcase' override 'ignorecase' if pattern contains uppercase
+ 'wrapscan' continue searching from the start of the file
+
*search-offset* *{offset}*
These commands search for the specified pattern. With "/" and "?" an
additional offset may be given. There are two types of offsets: line offsets