Re: Commenting out TeX-text line by line in V-mode

[Meino Christian Cramer]

From: "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Commenting out TeX-text line by line in V-mode
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:09:41 +0100

> Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
> > From: "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [...]
> >> It should be possible (though less obvious) to do it with only a 
> >> substitute. 
> >> Let's try:
> >>
> >>    :'<,'>s/^.*\S.*$/# \0
> >>
> >> i.e. prepend a hash sign and a space wherever we find start-of-line, zero 
> >> or 
> >> more of anything, one nonblank, zero or more of anything, end-of-line (in 
> >> the 
> >> range, here shown as a Visual area).
> >>
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Tony.
> > 
> > 
> >  Hi Tony!
> > 
> >  :)
> > 
> >  There are more ways to confuse a newbie...  :O) 
> > 
> >  Let me explain just to see whether I got this riddle solved this time
> >  by myself:
> > 
> >  '<,'>          for a range marked in visual mode
> >  s/             substitue/replace
> >  ^.*\S.*$       match "beginning of line,something,at least one
> >                             non-whitespace,something,end of line"
> 
> or in more detail:
>       ^       start of line
>       .       anything except a line break
>       *       zero or more (as many as possible) of the preceding atom
>       \S      one character, but not a space, not a tab and not a linebreak
>       .*      zero or more of anything except a line break (as before)
>       $       end of line
> 
> >  /              with
> >  # \0           "# ",the whole line
> 
> \0 is, more precisely, the whole "match" (which is the whole line here since 
> we matched something with no line breaks, going from start-of-line to 
> end-of-line).
> 
> > 
> > 
> >  Right?
> > 
> >  :)
> > 
> >  vim-sudoku.... ;))))
> > 
> >  Have a nice weekend!
> >  mcc
> > 
> 
> Right. Come to the front of the class and let me paste a gold star on your 
> forehead.

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  Keep editing!
  mcc


> 
> Best regards,
> Tony.