Re: No Previous Regular expression
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 03:52:29AM +0200, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Tim Johnson wrote: Using vim 7.0 on kubuntu 7.04 (feisty fawn amd 64) I've recently migrated from vim 6-something on slack 10.0 On my previous version and box, if I searched on an expression in one file, closed it and opened another, n would continue with the search. Now, I get an E35: No previous regular expression. I've imported all of my previous settings, .vimrc etc... so I don't know how to correct this. If you close and reopen Vim, the last search pattern is remembered -- or not -- in the viminfo file. (It is one of the registers.) The search history can also be saved. See :help 'viminfo'. And since this is Ubuntu... .viminfo probably got owned by root and therefore it is not writable, as was discussed in the recent thread. Yeti -- http://gwyddion.net/
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Forward to list.
Best regards,
Tony.
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Subject: Re: No Previous Regular expression
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 20:02:36 -0700
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To: A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Quoting A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Tim Johnson wrote:
Using vim 7.0 on kubuntu 7.04 (feisty fawn amd 64)
I've recently migrated from vim 6-something on slack 10.0
On my previous version and box, if I searched on an expression
in one file, closed it and opened another, n would continue
with the search.
Now, I get an E35: No previous regular expression.
I've imported all of my previous settings, .vimrc etc...
so I don't know how to correct this.
[snip]
If you close and reopen Vim, the last search pattern is remembered -- or not
-- in the viminfo file. (It is one of the registers.) [snip]
I suspect that you edited a system file for your settings instead of a
$HOME/.vimrc (or %HOME%\vimfiles). Vim system files are under vim6x/... and
are provided by the vim installation process. When you upgraded to vim7.0 (the
latest is vim7.1, BTW) any customizations you did under vim6x/ are no longer
effective.
Try:
vim
:echo $HOME
to see where your home directory is... and edit a .vimrc file there. Put
set nocp
if version = 600
filetype plugin indent on
endif
set viminfo=!,'10,\100,:20,%,nc:\\WINDOWSPATHHERE\\_viminfo
or
set viminfo=!,'25,\100,:20,%,n~/.viminfo
(latter setting for linux/unix).
And, while I'm at it, here's a snippet to restore cursor position:
Restore position in file: if previously edited (uses viminfo) {{{1
David Fishburn mod: use zv to open folds on current line, but after having
read the modelines.
augroup RestorePosition
au!
au BufReadPost * if line('\) 0|if line('\) = line($)|exe norm
g`\|else|exe norm $|endif|endif
au BufWinEnter * norm! zv
augroup END
HTH,
Chip Campbell
Re: No Previous Regular expression
On Wednesday 30 May 2007, David Nečas wrote: If you close and reopen Vim, the last search pattern is remembered -- or not -- in the viminfo file. (It is one of the registers.) The search history can also be saved. See :help 'viminfo'. Yes, search history is being saved. And since this is Ubuntu... .viminfo probably got owned by root and therefore it is not writable, as was discussed in the recent thread. That's a gotcha - still haven't got used to this 'sudo' thing - viminfo *was* owned by root, so all is good now. Thanks folks, I appreciate it. tim
Re: No Previous Regular expression
On 5/31/07, Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 30 May 2007, David Nečas wrote: If you close and reopen Vim, the last search pattern is remembered -- or not -- in the viminfo file. (It is one of the registers.) The search history can also be saved. See :help 'viminfo'. Yes, search history is being saved. And since this is Ubuntu... .viminfo probably got owned by root and therefore it is not writable, as was discussed in the recent thread. That's a gotcha - still haven't got used to this 'sudo' thing - viminfo *was* owned by root, so all is good now. Thanks folks, I appreciate it. tim If this list had a FAQ, it would probably contain this issue and the large file issue (and maybe something about bottom posting :-P ) So you are certainly not alone. -- -fREW
Re: No Previous Regular expression
On Thursday 31 May 2007, fREW wrote: ... If this list had a FAQ, it would probably contain this issue and the large file issue (and maybe something about bottom posting :-P ) So you are certainly not alone. 1)What is the large file issue? (you can just point me to archives, if any) thanks tim
Re: No Previous Regular expression
On 5/31/07, Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 31 May 2007, fREW wrote: ... If this list had a FAQ, it would probably contain this issue and the large file issue (and maybe something about bottom posting :-P ) So you are certainly not alone. 1)What is the large file issue? (you can just point me to archives, if any) thanks tim I don't really know where to look for the archives. It's come up a lot recently. Basically if you have a big file make sure to set undolevels=0 and turn off syntax highlighting. Also turn of swap files I think. That's the main stuff. And when I say big files I mean multiple gigs. -- -fREW
No Previous Regular expression
Using vim 7.0 on kubuntu 7.04 (feisty fawn amd 64) I've recently migrated from vim 6-something on slack 10.0 On my previous version and box, if I searched on an expression in one file, closed it and opened another, n would continue with the search. Now, I get an E35: No previous regular expression. I've imported all of my previous settings, .vimrc etc... so I don't know how to correct this. Any help is welcome. thanks tim
Re: No Previous Regular expression
Tim Johnson wrote: Using vim 7.0 on kubuntu 7.04 (feisty fawn amd 64) I've recently migrated from vim 6-something on slack 10.0 On my previous version and box, if I searched on an expression in one file, closed it and opened another, n would continue with the search. Now, I get an E35: No previous regular expression. I've imported all of my previous settings, .vimrc etc... so I don't know how to correct this. Any help is welcome. thanks tim If you close and reopen Vim, the last search pattern is remembered -- or not -- in the viminfo file. (It is one of the registers.) The search history can also be saved. See :help 'viminfo'. By default (unless set otherwise in the vimrc), in 'compatible' mode 50 lines for each register, and 20 lines of history, are remembered. If you mean in the same Vim session (e.g. by doing :e bar.txt after searching in foo.txt), then the search pattern should be remembered, unless there is something which explicitly clears it. An autocommand or a mapping, invoking :let @/ = '', could be such a something. Best regards, Tony. -- The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny ... In war, then, as in peace, assert the freedom of speech and of the press. Cling to this as the bulwark of all our rights and privileges. -- William Ellery Channing
