On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Davaris <david_moff...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, > I'm a new Vim user and want to use it to convert some JavaScript code to > C# > code. > > The only problem is I can't get the patterns to work. :-/ > > I was given this to use, > > %s/var \(.*\) : \(.*\) = \(.*\);/\2 \1 = \3;/g > %s/var \(.*\) : \(.*\);/\2 \1;/g > %s/function \(.*\)() : \(.*\)/public \2 \1()/g > %s/function \(.*\)/public void \1 > %s/boolean/bool > > but when I paste in the first line in command mode, it says > > E486: Pattern not found: var \(.*\) : \(.*\) = \(.*\); > Would suggest that you try to search for incremental atoms and check if each exists, before attempting to do %s. E.g, /var /var \(.*\) : /var \(.*\) : \(.*\) = etc.. Other suggestion is to use \s instead of raw space (for at times it could be a tab). My other question, is it possible in Vim to enter all of these commands at > once, rather than 1 at a time for each file I want to convert? > You can put all the patterns in a function: function MyRepace() %s/var \(.*\) : \(.*\) = \(.*\);/\2 \1 = \3;/g %s/var \(.*\) : \(.*\);/\2 \1;/g %s/function \(.*\)() : \(.*\)/public \2 \1()/g %s/function \(.*\)/public void \1 %s/boolean/bool endfunction > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" 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 from the "vim_use" 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
