On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Nikolay Aleksandrovich Pavlov
wrote:
[...]
> For reference: Vim documentation names such things “zero-width match”
> (`:h /zero-width`). `\n` may match a character if you use it in
> functions like `substitute()` (where pattern applies to one of the
> string argumen
2017-03-06 23:09 GMT+03:00 Bram Moolenaar :
>
> Shawn Corey wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 08:01:58 -0800 (PST)
>> Ben Fritz wrote:
>>
>> > But, you can still match end-of-line in the middle of a pattern using
>> > "\n".
>>
>> No, that matches a new-line character. The difference is that $ matches
Shawn Corey wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 08:01:58 -0800 (PST)
> Ben Fritz wrote:
>
> > But, you can still match end-of-line in the middle of a pattern using
> > "\n".
>
> No, that matches a new-line character. The difference is that $ matches
> the end of the line, not a character. This is call
On 2017-03-06 08:01, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 1:55:19 PM UTC-6, Tim Chase wrote:
>> On 2017-03-05 09:20, Pablo Contreras wrote:
>>> s/$/XXX/
>> [snip]
>>> s/$\_.*/XXX/
>> From
>>
>> :help /$
>>
>> """
>> At end of pattern or in front of "\|", "\)" or "\n" ('magic' on):
>>
On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 08:01:58 -0800 (PST)
Ben Fritz wrote:
> But, you can still match end-of-line in the middle of a pattern using
> "\n".
No, that matches a new-line character. The difference is that $ matches
the end of the line, not a character. This is called an anchor.
"Anchors are a differe
On Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 1:55:19 PM UTC-6, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 2017-03-05 09:20, Pablo Contreras wrote:
> > s/$/XXX/
> [snip]
> > s/$\_.*/XXX/
> >
> > apparently should match 'end-of-line, then using \_. any char
> > including enf-of-line as many times as necessary to the end of the
> > file
On 2017-03-05 09:20, Pablo Contreras wrote:
> s/$/XXX/
[snip]
> s/$\_.*/XXX/
>
> apparently should match 'end-of-line, then using \_. any char
> including enf-of-line as many times as necessary to the end of the
> file. Then replace with XXX
>
> instead this happens:
> 'E486: Pattern $\_.* not
Hi,
I am trying to match midway through a line and then continue to the rest of the
file but it seems I am not allowed.
so say I have
=
1.
2. mary
3.
4. had a little lamb
=
I am on line 2, right at the beginning
Let's say I do:
s/$/XXX/
I get
=
1.
2. maryXXX
3.
4. had a litt
