On Tue, November 13, 2012 22:08, Andy Wokula wrote: > Am 22.10.2012 17:12, schrieb Benjamin Fritz: >> The help for gn and gN says that gn searches "forward...like with n" >> and that gN "searches backward, like with N". But when you do a >> backward search with ? instead of /, n moves the cursor backwards, and >> N moves it forwards. gn and gN do not behave accordingly, they >> continue to move forward with gn and backwards with gN. I think the >> behavior would be more intuitive if it accounted for the search >> direction like n and N, but at the very least, a documentation update >> is needed.
I really hope, this is not going to be "fixed". The behaviour of n/N depending on the inital search direction is one of my greatest annoyances of Vim. > One more small inconsistency: > > When there is no previous search string, both n/N and gn/gN give > an error message "E35: No previous regular expression" (ok), > but in addition, gn/gN beeps (not ok, n/N doesn't beep). It doesn't say gn/gN behaves exactly as n/N. regards, Christian -- 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
