diff --git a/runtime/doc/tips.txt b/runtime/doc/tips.txt
index 5d6008c..3c341fe 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/tips.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/tips.txt
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@
   create it with the shell command "mkid file1 file2 ..".
 
 Put this in your .vimrc: >
-	map _u :call ID_search()<Bar>execute "/\\<" . g:word . "\\>"<CR>
-	map _n :n<Bar>execute "/\\<" . g:word . "\\>"<CR>
+	map _u :call ID_search()<Bar>execute "/\\<" .. g:word .. "\\>"<CR>
+	map _n :n<Bar>execute "/\\<" .. g:word .. "\\>"<CR>
 
 	function! ID_search()
 	  let g:word = expand("<cword>")
-	  let x = system("lid --key=none ". g:word)
+	  let x = system("lid --key=none " .. g:word)
 	  let x = substitute(x, "\n", " ", "g")
-	  execute "next " . x
+	  execute "next " .. x
 	endfun
 
 To use it, place the cursor on a word, type "_u" and vim will load the file
@@ -356,13 +356,13 @@
 line above and below each list entry.  The expression commands are used to
 be able to give comments to the parts of the mapping. >
 
-	:let m =     ":map _f  :set ai<CR>"    " need 'autoindent' set
-	:let m = m . "{O<Esc>"		      " add empty line above item
-	:let m = m . "}{)^W"		      " move to text after bullet
-	:let m = m . "i     <CR>     <Esc>"    " add space for indent
-	:let m = m . "gq}"		      " format text after the bullet
-	:let m = m . "{dd"		      " remove the empty line
-	:let m = m . "5lDJ"		      " put text after bullet
+	:let m =     ":map _f  :set ai<CR>"   " need 'autoindent' set
+	:let m ..= "{O<Esc>"		      " add empty line above item
+	:let m ..= "}{)^W"		      " move to text after bullet
+	:let m ..= "i     <CR>     <Esc>"     " add space for indent
+	:let m ..= "gq}"		      " format text after the bullet
+	:let m ..= "{dd"		      " remove the empty line
+	:let m ..= "5lDJ"		      " put text after bullet
 	:execute m			      |" define the mapping
 
 (<> notation |<>|.  Note that this is all typed literally.  ^W is "^" "W", not
@@ -514,15 +514,15 @@
 	    let c = '\['
 	    let c2 = '\]'
 	  endif
-	  let s_skip ='synIDattr(synID(line("."), col("."), 0), "name") ' .
+	  let s_skip ='synIDattr(synID(line("."), col("."), 0), "name") ' ..
 		\ '=~?	"string\\|comment"'
 	  execute 'if' s_skip '| let s_skip = 0 | endif'
 
 	  let [m_lnum, m_col] = searchpairpos(c, '', c2, s_flags, s_skip)
 
 	  if m_lnum > 0 && m_lnum >= line('w0') && m_lnum <= line('w$')
-	    exe 'match Search /\(\%' . c_lnum . 'l\%' . c_col .
-		  \ 'c\)\|\(\%' . m_lnum . 'l\%' . m_col . 'c\)/'
+	    exe 'match Search /\(\%' .. c_lnum .. 'l\%' .. c_col ..
+		  \ 'c\)\|\(\%' .. m_lnum .. 'l\%' .. m_col .. 'c\)/'
 	    let s:paren_hl_on = 1
 	  endif
 	endfunction