The regular expression syntax that Vim uses is, I'm sure, compatible with Vi. There were always a number of different regex dialects to choose from: grep, egrep, sed. But in the last few years, pcre's have become popular, and virtually standard across a lot of different languages, from Perl to Python to Ruby to JavaScript to C# to Java.
Is there any way to use them in Vim? I've learned to used the Vim-style regex's in my s///'s, but if I could use one regex syntax across everything I work with, it would free up a few more brain cells for more constructive purposes. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks, David Conrad
