On Mar 11, 5:54 am, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > /b/;?a > > The cursor is now on the first 'a' character (in the 2nd line). > > Now execute the same search again, using search command history (do > NOT use 'n'). The cursor goes to the final 'a' character, on the next- > to-last line.
Not for me. It stays on the first a, as I expected it to. Vim 7.3.138 and 7.2.330. But I see your point, n does not repeat the last search. It doesn't even repeat the second search, which is backwards, rather it searches forward, as the help says. I recall noticing this quirk years ago, and learning that n and N are not reliable using //; Regards, John -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
