Bram,
one of my annoyances with vim currently is, that when using n/N for
searching the direction depends on the previous search command. But I
usually forget if I initially used / or ? and then my brain gets stuck
whether I need to press n to search backwards or N. (e.g. I start a
search backwards using '?' and want to go further upwards and press
routinely 'N', but this moves back downwards again).
I find it easier to know that n searches downwards while N searches
upwards, since I usually only know whether I want to go further down or
up, so I can reliably hit n to go further down and N to go further up to
the next match.
This is what the attached patch enables, by adding the new flag 'N' to
the 'cpo' setting.
regards,
Christian
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -2008,6 +2008,12 @@
n When included, the column used for 'number' and
'relativenumber' will also be used for text of wrapped
lines.
+ *cpo-N*
+ N When included, 'n' will always perform the last search
+ downwards and 'N' will always perform the last-search
+ upwards. When not included, 'n' always performs the
+ last search into the original direction while 'N' into
+ the opposite direction of the original search command.
*cpo-o*
o Line offset to search command is not remembered for
next search.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
--- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@
*n*
n Repeat the latest "/" or "?" [count] times.
- |last-pattern| {Vi: no count}
+ See also |cpo-N| |last-pattern| {Vi: no count}
*N*
N Repeat the latest "/" or "?" [count] times in
- opposite direction. |last-pattern| {Vi: no count}
+ opposite direction. See also |cpo-N|
+ |last-pattern| {Vi: no count}
*star* *E348* *E349*
* Search forward for the [count]'th occurrence of the
diff --git a/src/normal.c b/src/normal.c
--- a/src/normal.c
+++ b/src/normal.c
@@ -6364,7 +6364,11 @@
nv_next(cap)
cmdarg_T *cap;
{
- normal_search(cap, 0, NULL, SEARCH_MARK | cap->arg);
+ if (vim_strchr(p_cpo, CPO_SEARCHBACK) != NULL)
+ normal_search(cap,
+ cap->arg ? '?' : '/', NULL, SEARCH_MARK);
+ else
+ normal_search(cap, 0, NULL, SEARCH_MARK | cap->arg);
}
/*
diff --git a/src/option.h b/src/option.h
--- a/src/option.h
+++ b/src/option.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
#define CPO_SHOWMATCH 'm'
#define CPO_MATCHBSL 'M' /* "%" ignores use of backslashes */
#define CPO_NUMCOL 'n' /* 'number' column also used for text */
+#define CPO_SEARCHBACK 'N' /* n/N always search backwards/forwards */
#define CPO_LINEOFF 'o'
#define CPO_OVERNEW 'O' /* silently overwrite new file */
#define CPO_LISP 'p' /* 'lisp' indenting */
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@
/* default values for Vim, Vi and POSIX */
#define CPO_VIM "aABceFs"
#define CPO_VI "aAbBcCdDeEfFgHiIjJkKlLmMnoOpPqrRsStuvwWxXyZ$!%*-+<>;"
-#define CPO_ALL "aAbBcCdDeEfFgHiIjJkKlLmMnoOpPqrRsStuvwWxXyZ$!%*-+<>#{|&/\\.;"
+#define CPO_ALL "aAbBcCdDeEfFgHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqrRsStuvwWxXyZ$!%*-+<>#{|&/\\.;"
/* characters for p_ww option: */
#define WW_ALL "bshl<>[],~"
