On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 7:35 AM Christian Brabandt <cbli...@256bit.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Mo, 18 Feb 2019, Jason Franklin wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Trying to figure out if this is intentional or not. It is definitelya
> > backward search?
> > surprising given how the documentation (":h gn") is written.
> >
> > Take the following text as an example.
> >
> > > Word
> > >
> > >
> > > WORD
> > >
> > >
> > > WORD
> > >
> > >
> > > Word
> >
> > To reproduce:
> >
> > 1. set ic scs
> > 2. gg*gg
> > 3. gn (observe selection is correct)
> > 4. <Esc>j
> > 5. gn (observe selection is NOT as expected)
> >
> > So, gn/gN don't use 'smartcase' in the same way that 'n/N' do.
>
> Well, * is a special case and does intentionally ignore the smartcase
> setting. I am not sure it is easily possible to ignore the smartcase
> setting for gn, when the original search pattern came from * or # command
>
> > This is only one of the problems I observe here. Another has to do with
> > direction. When you search backward with "?word", using "n" will move
> > forward
> > in the most recently used direction (i.e., backward in the file). "gn"
> > ALWAYS
> > moves forward. Thus, it is not similar to "n". This same thing occurs when
> > you use the "#" command to search backward.
>
> That was intentionally made that way, because I considered the switching
> of directions for n/N depending on the original search command one of my
> biggest personal annoyances. So I decided not to obey it for gn. Perhaps
> a doc patch like this is appropriate?
>
> diff --git a/runtime/doc/visual.txt b/runtime/doc/visual.txt
> index 0b8ca99cd..2d04c89fe 100644
> --- a/runtime/doc/visual.txt
> +++ b/runtime/doc/visual.txt
> @@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ gn Search forward for the last used
> search pattern, like
> E.g., "dgn" deletes the text of the next match.
> If Visual mode is active, extends the selection
> until the end of the next match.
> + Note: search direction does not depend on the previous
> + search command.
>
> *gN* *v_gN*
> gN Like |gn| but searches backward, like with `N`.
Maybe also remove "like with `n`" and "like with `N`" which are false
after using ? to search backward?
Best regards,
Tony.
>
>
>
> Best,
> Christian
> --
> Es gibt keine Leute, die nichts erleben, es gibt nur Leute, die nichts
> davon merken.
> -- Curt Goetz
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