On 17/04/2008, Gary Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-04-17, "A.Politz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Vimmers, > > > > > > i'm patched through 293 and running suse started vim > > > with "vim -u NONE -U NONE" > > > > > > to produce the weirdness start vim and set incsearch > > > then from the empty buffer ":normal 3i justatestword" > > > yes there is a space between the i and beginning of > > > the word. > > > > > > from the resultant buffer place the cursor on the > > > beginning of the line. start a search(e.g. /) just > > > type .'s for the search pattern and you can see the > > > resultant search highlighting "jumping" forward. > > > > [...] > > I can reproduce the OP's observation, but I was confused > by his description at first, too. The pattern is simply > > . > > then > > .. > > then > > ... > > and so on as you add periods to the pattern. > > > > > further weirdness ensues if you start the search from > > > the space between the first "justatestword" and the > > > second. start the search there and for the pattern > > > just type repeated .'s... the incsearch highlighting > > > jumps forward and backwards > > > > What exactly is the problem ? > > It just looks weird. I understand the behavior in the > first case. Each time you add something to the search > pattern, vim assumes that you didn't like the first match > so it searches forward for the next match.
Why would it assume that? Why would it assume that? More weirdness. Place your cursor on the first of the two lines beginning with `Why' above. Make sure you are at the beginning of the line. :set noignorecase incsearch /w.............. This should highlight `would it assume' on the first line. :set ignorecase /w.............. This highlights `Why would it as' on the second line. And now, with the cursor on the first line, on the `W', and with ignorecase still set, try /w.... This highlights `Why w' Put the cursor back on the first line, on the `W'. Now try /wo............. No jumping: works as expected, highlighting `would it assume' on the first line. > I don't understand the behavior in the second case, > though, where the match appears to grow in both > directions and jumps back and forth. Me too. --Antony --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
