Yakov Lerner wrote: > On 9/30/06, Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sometimes people ask me for a command to search for the text that is > > currently visually selected. You could add a mapping for the '/' key, > > but then you lose the possibility to extend the visual area by > > searching for a pattern. > > > > Since we might need more commands in Visual mode later, and we only have > > a few keys left to be used, we need to use two key combinations for > > new commands in Visual mode. > > > > I think we can start using the '&' key. Currently it doesn't do > > anything. For now we could add the commands: > > > > &/ search for the Visually selected text forward > > &? same, backward > > Do Ctrl-K/ Ctrl-K? do something in visual mode ?
No, but CTRL-K is also unused in Normal mode. Thus it's better used for something that works both in Visual and Normal mode. -- Back off man, I'm a scientist. -- Peter, Ghostbusters /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org ///