Yakov Lerner wrote:
:s/// allows any separator instead of '/' (like s@@@).
(Non-/ separator is convenient when regex or replacement
contains many '/', ... then you can avoid backslasing '/' in the
regex or in replacement.) So far, so good.
My question is, is there variant of :/ that allows non-'/' separator char ?
(It's possible if there's some command name before '/', like in perl,
where m// is synonymous to //).
Yakov
For normal-mode searching, / or ? is both the command and the separator.
In ranges, / or ? similarly define (a) that a search is to take place,
(b) the direction of the search, and (c) they are repeated as separator
after the pattern.
The difference with the :s :g and :v commands is that these already
imply that a forward search is to take place within the command's range.
If you want to do a search without using / or ? you may set the pattern
first
:let @/ = 'pattern'
and then search for the next occurrence (using n or N ) in the same
direction as the latest search. In a range you would use \/ or \? to
reuse the current contents of @/
e.g.
:let @/ = 'pattern1'
:.,\/s+pattern2+text+g
see
:help quote/
:help @/
:help :range
Best regards,
Tony.
