On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > It doesn't exist and it probably won't (the regular expression code is HUGE), > but did you know about the :perldo command? If your Vim is compiled with Perl > support (many major distributions are) you can run arbitrary Perl commands, > including substitution, on every line. > > Also of interest is the \v item in the Vim regex dialect, which reduces the > escaping required, for more Perl-LIKE regular expressions. It's still the Vim > dialect, however.
FWIW, I just scanned the version7.txt helpfile for "src/regexp_nfa.txt". Found 130 patchlevels starting at 7.3.970 and going on to 7.4b.004. IOW, writing a new regexp engine and making it work right isn't light stuff. Plus, the documentation for Vim patterns is, like all Vim documentation, (a) excellent, and (b) available just where I need it. Best regards, Tony. -- -- 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/d/optout.
