If you do :normal vfld then what happens is what you expect. So, my guess is that the "script" is simply stopped when f' doesn't do anything. I.e. there is no ' so f' errs and the rest of the command is terminated.
That's just my *guess*, though. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:49 AM To: vim@vim.org Subject: Problem with :normal? Hey Vimmers, after reading through a thread earlier on sourcing commands from a file i did a little experimentation with :normal. If given the line: test this line ^ with the cursor at the carat and you do :normal vf'df'D nothing is deleted and you are left in normal mode. If on the other hand, you actually type vf'df'D in normal mode you are only left with test. I've noticed some other strange behavior when using visual mode from :normal. Not sure if this is a bug. It exists through patch 40 of vim7. Looks like both linux and windows versions are affected. Thanks! Dan
