I suggest the attached help patch about "editing" the cmdline-window.
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*** ../vim72/runtime/doc/cmdline.txt 2009-03-22 20:39:46.000000000 +0100 --- runtime/doc/cmdline.txt 2009-04-04 09:12:45.000000000 +0200 *************** *** 973,980 **** EDIT ! You can now use commands to move around and edit the text in the window. Both ! in Normal mode and Insert mode. It is possible to use ":", "/" and other commands that use the command-line, but it's not possible to open another command-line window then. There is no --- 973,982 ---- EDIT ! You can now use commands to move around and edit the text in the window, both ! in Normal mode and Insert mode. However, any changes you make there are not ! permanent: they are not reflected in the command-line history, and once you ! leave the command-line window, they are lost. It is possible to use ":", "/" and other commands that use the command-line, but it's not possible to open another command-line window then. There is no
