Re: Using args & argdo to change many files regarding a pattern spanning 3 lines

2006-04-17 Thread Yakov Lerner
On 4/17/06, Eric Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you saying that your substitution works for one file but not for > many with argo? > > Anyway, specifying ^M isn't very portable, so you probably want > \n instead. Also, you can save yourself using \/ everywhere by using > > :s;pattern1;p

Re: Using args & argdo to change many files regarding a pattern spanning 3 lines

2006-04-16 Thread Eric Arnold
Are you saying that your substitution works for one file but not for many with argo? Anyway, specifying ^M isn't very portable, so you probably want \n instead. Also, you can save yourself using \/ everywhere by using :s;pattern1;pattern2;ge Using \s* or \s\+ instead of entering literal t

Using args & argdo to change many files regarding a pattern spanning 3 lines

2006-04-16 Thread Mike Blonder
Hi. I am unable to successfully use args & argdo to change many files for a specific pattern that spans 3 lines. The files are .htm files. I have used set listchars=:tab>-,trail:- to reveal the tabs within the file and have included what I take to be precisely the pattern within the argdo statem