Hi Martin, Unfortunately, I don't think there's any way to use \v by default for every pattern.
It may help to remember that when you have the default 'magic' option set, Vim only recognizes 5 special characters without backslash: ^ $ . * [ (if there is a matching ] to make a collection) Every other special sequence needs a '\'. regards, Peter > martin kraegeloh wrote: > all, > > rtfm didn't help ... I'd like to *always* make my regexes behave like > perl, but I find no way to set it as a default. will I have to always > use \v ?? > I tend to think that if I can't get vim to do something it's because I > don't know why, not because it is not possible ... so how do I do this? > > cheers, martin Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
