>Hi foks.
>
>How would I search for a regex within a particular area? The text
>document is very long, and I don't want to match all instances, just
>those I care about. I would probably select the text visually.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Afton.
A different question is easier to answer.
How do I do something with a search expression within a visually selected area?
That may get you the result you are looking for.
1. search for your regex in entire file:
/textSearchingFor
2. visually select the area you care about
3. do something with visually selected lines and searched for stuff.
Example: replace textSearchingFor with newText:
:'<,'>s//newText
The '<,'> that vim puts in when you type ':' while you have something visually
selected makes the rest of the command only work within the visually selected
area.
Hope this helps,
Brian
