Hi, One problem with searching for phrases in files that contain wrapped text (LaTeX source files, e-mails, source code comments, etc.) is that you never know whether two words will be separated by a space or a newline. Therefore, it would be handy to have an option that makes spaces match newlines in searches.
I've looked at http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_across_multiple_lines, but those solutions have the disadvantage of either forcing you to use an awkward pattern or not supporting incremental searching. A solution to a more general class of problems would be to allow the search pattern to be automatically rewritten (e.g. by a substitution or a function) prior to being used. That way you could automatically rewrite spaces to \_s or do other neat things like having "foo bar" match "foo {\it bar}" in LaTeX documents. I'm not experienced enough with vimscript to be able to tell how such a feature could interact badly with other things, but perhaps it wouldn't be as bad if you limited it to searches initiated with /. Thanks for making Vim! /Ulf -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
