> -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Holt > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Daniel Crookston wrote: >> When :%s///ing in vi... do <'s or >'s need to be \ed, and how >> do you (*.)? > > First off, I think you need to s/\(\*\.\)\?/\(\*\.\)\?/, in which case I think > vim !~ non-greediness. And no, :%s/\</./ isn't necessary in vim; :%s/</./ > should be fine. Of course, if I wanted to be pedantic, I could suggest that > you s/:\%s\/\/\/ing/:\%s\/\/\//, since vim reports "trailing characters" if > you :%s///ing. > > And people say the folks on the UUG aren't helpful. > > -J
OK, a sort-of-related bit of curiosity: What's the difference (besides a lot of extra typing) between :g//s///g and :%s///g ? ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
