> >> >> Hi all, > >> >> > >> >> Not sure why /\_.* matches at every line Vs only once... > >> >> I would expect a single match at start of file because \_. matches > >> any > >> >> char including end of line and * is greedy > >> >> /pattern\_.* does what I expect: it matches from pattern to end of > >> file > >> >> > >> >> Dimitar > >> > > >> > An update/clarification on this: > >> > > >> > :%s/\_.* does correctly erase the whole file. What is actually > >> incorrect > >> > and I > >> > didn't explain it well in my above statement is the behaviour of n, N. > >> /, > >> > :/ > >> > So, n goes to every line Vs stay at the first byte of the file and > >> never > >> > move > >> > >> I think this is correct. \_.* doesn't say, Vim should start matching > >> only > >> at the start of the file, so Vim will try matching at each line again. > > > > I disagree, following your logic, after /lorem\_.*ipsum and the following > > file: > > > > lorem > > ipsum > > > > n would move us to both lines which is not correct > > Of course not. the lorem part doesn't match at the next line (ipsum). > Try this example: > > aann > nnbb > > and search for > /n\_[n]*
All I am trying to say is that this is a *single* match (/n\_[n]* matches *all* n in your example) so a single n move would make more sense, same as in this non-multiline pattern: aaaaaaaaaaaaaa, /a* is a single match and n won't move once for every letter > hitting n will move you to the next line. > > > regards, > Christian Dimitar --- GPG Key: 2048R/160C6FA8 2012-10-11 Dimitar Dimitrov (kurkale6ka) <mitk...@yahoo.fr> -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
