Thanks Владимир, StarWing and Mr. Shawn for the help. All of them were very helpful and interesting :)
On Nov 10, 4:43 pm, "Mr. Shawn H. Corey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 02:13 -0800, Srikanth wrote: > > Lot of times I search for strings using the * command and I would > > replace the searched string with some other string but how to avoid > > typing the last searched string again in the ":%s/ > > <last_searched_string>/<replace>" command? > > The last search pattern is stored in the / buffer. You can insert it > into the substitution with Ctrl+r followed by a / > > Type this: > > :%s/^R// > > and then the replacement. > > You can use Ctrl+r in any : command and when in insert mode. It will > work with any buffer / * + " a to z > > -- > Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, > Shawn > > The map is not the territory, > the dossier is not the person, > the model is not reality, > and the universe is indifferent to your beliefs. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
