> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lev Lvovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 5:04 PM
> To: vim@vim.org
> Subject: search visual block
>
> Is it possible to search for a string by selecting that
> string in visual mode? Meaning, if I highlight something,
> and then want to search for that thing which is highlighted
> in the rest of the doc?
>
> otherwise, is there a way to copy that string so that I can
> later put it into the :/ command?
I know you have had lots of different reponses on this thread.
This is what I keep in my vimrc, which doesn't use a function.
Simply highlight the text and hit * or #, just like you would for a given
work in normal mode.
" Courtesy of Michael Naumann, Jürgen Krämer
" Visually select text, then search for it
if version >= 602
" Here are two enhanced versions of these mappings which use VIM 6.2's
" getregtype() function to determine whether the unnamed register
contains
" a characterwise, linewise or blockwise selection. After the search has
" been executed, the register *and* its type can then be restored with
" setreg().
vnoremap <silent> * :<C-U>
\let old_reg=getreg('"')<bar>
\let old_regmode=getregtype('"')<cr>
\gvy/<C-R><C-R>=substitute(substitute(
\escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]' ), "\n$", "", ""),
\"\n", '\\_[[:return:]]', "g")<cr><cr>
\:call setreg('"', old_reg, old_regmode)<cr>
vnoremap <silent> # :<C-U>
\let old_reg=getreg('"')<bar>
\let old_regmode=getregtype('"')<cr>
\gvy?<C-R><C-R>=substitute(substitute(
\escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]' ), "\n$", "", ""),
\"\n", '\\_[[:return:]]', "g")<cr><cr>
\:call setreg('"', old_reg, old_regmode)<cr>
else
" If you use both VIM 6.2 and older versions these mappings
" should be defined depending on the current version.
vnoremap <silent> * :<C-U>let old_reg=@"<cr>
\gvy/<C-R><C-R>=substitute(substitute(
\escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]' ), "\n$", "", ""),
\"\n", '\\_[[:return:]]', "g")<cr><cr>
\:let @"=old_reg<cr>
vnoremap <silent> # :<C-U>let old_reg=@"<cr>
\gvy?<C-R><C-R>=substitute(substitute(
\escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]' ), "\n$", "", ""),
\"\n", '\\_[[:return:]]', "g")<cr><cr>
\:let @"=old_reg<cr>
endif
