Hi Björn, On Oct 9, 2008, at 10:38 AM, björn wrote:
> 2008/10/9 David Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Is there anyway to enable searching and replacing regular expressions >> in the new find window? Or is that an upcoming addition? > > At the moment this is not supported (with any GUI port). I believe > the idea is that if you are such an experienced user that you are > comfortable using regular expressions then you really should switch to > "/" and "%" for search and replace instead of using a dialog (it is > much faster!). Implementing the above feature may encourage users to > use Vim in a "sub-optimal" way. > > That is just my interpretation of the situation -- correct me if I am > wrong. In any case, for the above reason I would not consider > implementing this feature. That makes sense -- I asked because when playing around with the new feature, one of the initial things I tried was some regexp subs. I normally do it via s/, but I think the above is a valid enough reason. --- David Zhou [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
