I don't like this one more, but it's a good alternative:
g/
g?
Also, I feel that one day "&" might do something in visual; at least
visual line mode.
--Matt
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 01:37:59PM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
> Sometimes people ask me for a command to search for the text that is
> currently visually selected. You could add a mapping for the '/' key,
> but then you lose the possibility to extend the visual area by
> searching for a pattern.
>
> Since we might need more commands in Visual mode later, and we only have
> a few keys left to be used, we need to use two key combinations for
> new commands in Visual mode.
>
> I think we can start using the '&' key. Currently it doesn't do
> anything. For now we could add the commands:
>
> &/ search for the Visually selected text forward
> &? same, backward
>
> Is there a good alternative?
>
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> as an exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of
> non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this article.)
> (Ralph Jennings)
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