Artyom Bologov <[email protected]> writes:
> But wait, does not \/HELLO/ set the dot before
> executing `k'?
The way I understand it, /hello on its own
is a command that changes the line address, but
/hello/ka is not a /hello/ command followed by a k
command, which I think is what you are alluding
to, but it is more of a /hello/ address given to
the k command. /hello/ka is more similar to 10ka,
where `10' does not change the current address,
nor does $ka set the current address to $, and in
a similar way, /hello/ka does not set the current
address to the position of `hello'. But if you
run the /hello/ command separately, thus changing
the address first, then run kan separately, then
the result is the line which you last moved to.
This sounds perfectly expected to me, and my
muscle memory is even used to it. If I'm writing
some C code in the main function, and at some
point wanted to mark the beginning of it, I may do
something like ?main?ka, and keep editing in place
fully expecting that my current line address did
not change. But, if I'm searching for the main
definition, I may do /^main and see that I'm at
that function, then run ka to mark it before I do
further editing in the lines that follow.
Basically, /hello/p changes the address just
like 10p changes the address, but /hello/ka does
not change the line address, just like 10ka does
not change the address.
Hopefully I understood what you're saying :)
Best Regards,
Lumin Etherlight
