On 2013-11-15, BPJ wrote: > 2013-11-15 17:45, Bee skrev: > >nnoremap * g* > >" multi line search -- selection literal :help c_<C-R> > >" substitute({expr}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags}) > >vnoremap * > >y/\c\V<C-R><C-R>=substitute(escape(@@,'/\'),'\n','\\n','g')<cr><cr> > >" '''''' ||| | | | | | | | | | +{flags} > >g=all > >" '''''' ||| | | | | | | | | +{sub} > >" '''''' ||| | | | | | | | +{pat} > >" '''''' ||| | | | | | | +chars to escape > >" '''''' ||| | | | | | +contents of unnamed register > >" '''''' ||| | | | | +{expr} > >" '''''' ||| | | | +expression register > >" '''''' ||| | | +contents of register LITERALLY > >" '''''' ||| | +contents of register > >" '''''' ||| +VERY nomagic, only \ is magic > >" '''''' ||+ignore case > >" '''''' |+search > >" '''''' +yank selected into unnamed register > > > > I don't get the idea with the substitute(); would someone please > enlighten me? I speak only pidgin vimscript! :-)
Since you are searching for a literal string, you want all the characters in that string to represent themselves and not be interpreted specially. For example, if the string contains an asterisk, you want that asterisk to be treated as a literal asterisk, not as zero or more occurrences of the preceding atom. The substitute() is there to escape any characters having special meaning in a search string so that they are treated as their literal forms. Regards, Gary -- -- 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.