Re: How to get value of ~ (last used replace-to string) in script

[Yakov Lerner]

On 5/21/07, Antony Scriven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On 5/20/07, Yakov Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 > In a script, how do I get the value of ~ -- the last used
 > replace-to string, as used in s//~/ ?
 >
 > Yakov
 >

Quick hack. --Antony

fun! EchoTilde()
   $ put=''
   s/^/~/
   let tilde = getline('.')
   d
   echo tilde
endfun

~ can be multiline. Then d would not work correctly.
u would be better. but even then, buffer can be marked nonmodifiable.

Yakov