Re: perl x modifier regex ?

[A.J.Mechelynck]

Marc Chantreux wrote:
hi all,
Is there a way to obtain the perl x modifier behaviour in vim regex 
(spaces are non significants, comments are allowed). This is very 
usefull to make a regexp more readable.


regards
mc


You can always add one or more lines of comments above or below the line 
including the pattern in a Vim script, or even, in most cases, at the end of 
the line; but IIUC you cannot insert comments in the middle of a pattern.

To use perl regexps, you can of course embed perl statements in a perl-enabled 
version of Vim; but of course at the cost of making the script less portable.


Best regards,
Tony.