adr <a...@sdf.org> wrote: > On Sun, 23 Feb 2025, beaker wrote: > > I'm not seeing the Ctrl-X thing on NetBSD 9.3, though maybe that's > > the poorly documented aspect.. > > It's there since (at least) 1997: > https://docs-archive.freebsd.org/44doc/usd/13.viref/paper.pdf
So why is it not in the :viusage listing after all this time? > > The OP should be able to use named buffers for this task. > > > > Steps: > > 1) create lines with the commands you want to run: > > /\x93 # vi cmd: find/search forward in file for "\x93" > > :%s/\x93//g # ex cmd: globally replace all instances of "\x93" w/ "" > > > > 2) move to each line and yank into a separate named buffer: > > "fyy # => sticks '/\x93' into buffer 'f' > > "gyy # => sticks ':%s/\x93//' into buffer 'g' (global replace) > > > > 3) execute buffers as needed: > > @f # => runs buffer 'f' ; use '/' and/or 'N' to repeat, 'x' to delete > > @g # => runs buffer 'g' ; one-shot global substitution > > I'm sorry but this is nonsense. You are searching and replacing > the string "x93". The OP literally said he wanted to do a search & replace; that's what the 'g' named buffer example does. Sorry if you are confused.
