Re: invoking yanked register into colon command

[Guillaume Bog]

On 01/04/07, Georg Dahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi!

> For example, I do often want to
> replace a name in the text with another. What I used to do is
> selecting it with mouse and type
> :%s/<ctrl-ins>/newname/gc
> Is there a way to do this with the mouse (and without retyping the name) ?
> What I want is maybe something like 'invoking a yanked register in my
> colon command'

I have the following in my vimrc file:

function MakeSearchString(str)
     return substitute(escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]'), '\n', '\\n', 'g')
endfunction

function! <SID>VisualSearch(direction)
     if a:direction == '#'
         let l:rhs = "y?"
     else
         let l:rhs = "y/"
     endif
     let l:rhs = l:rhs . "\<C-R>=MakeSearchString(@\")\<CR>\<CR>gV"
     return l:rhs
endfunction

vnoremap <expr> * <SID>VisualSearch('*')
vnoremap <expr> # <SID>VisualSearch('#')

vnoremap <F3> y/<C-R>=MakeSearchString(@")<CR>
vnoremap <S-F3> y?<C-R>=MakeSearchString(@")<CR>
vnoremap <M-F3> y:%s/<C-R>=MakeSearchString(@")<CR>/

With this just select a text and by typing <F3> you can search for the
selected text and by typing <M-F3> you can replace it easily. '*'
searches forward and '#' backwards like '*' and '#' do for the word
under the cursor in normal mode.

Best regards,
Georg

Thanks all of you for your answers. I grab the tip with Ctrl-R because
I have to use vim on many different computers, but will consider
adding the script when I'll refresh my vimrces.

Guillaume