On Mon, July 29, 2013 16:14, Dimitar DIMITROV wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> Not sure why /\_.* matches at every line Vs only once... >> >> I would expect a single match at start of file because \_. matches >> any >> >> char including end of line and * is greedy >> >> /pattern\_.* does what I expect: it matches from pattern to end of >> file >> >> >> >> Dimitar >> > >> > An update/clarification on this: >> > >> > :%s/\_.* does correctly erase the whole file. What is actually >> incorrect >> > and I >> > didn't explain it well in my above statement is the behaviour of n, N. >> /, >> > :/ >> > So, n goes to every line Vs stay at the first byte of the file and >> never >> > move >> >> I think this is correct. \_.* doesn't say, Vim should start matching >> only >> at the start of the file, so Vim will try matching at each line again. > > I disagree, following your logic, after /lorem\_.*ipsum and the following > file: > > lorem > ipsum > > n would move us to both lines which is not correct
Of course not. the lorem part doesn't match at the next line (ipsum). Try this example: aann nnbb and search for /n\_[n]* hitting n will move you to the next line. 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
