Re: Match something that not in the pattern

[A.J.Mechelynck]

Peng Yu wrote:
Hi,
I have the following file segments. I want to concatenate all the
lines with their next lines, except that it ends with "}}". I want to
use the pattern "\(}}\)[EMAIL PROTECTED]". It seems not working.

Would you please help me to figure out how to match the lineend without 
"}}"?

Thanks,
Peng

To join every line not ending in }} with the following line, use the ":j[oin]" 
command on every line _not_ matching the pattern /}}$/ which means "two 
closing braces at end of line". As a cherry on the cake, you can avoid joining 
the last line in the file (which has no following line):

        :1,$-1v/}}$/j

See
        :help multi-repeat
        :help :join


Best regards,
Tony.