Some more counting examples:
:%s/./&/gn characters
:%s/\i\+/&/gn words
:%s/^//n lines
:%s/the/&/gn "the" anywhere
:%s/\<the\>/&/gn "the" as a word
Yosi
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 5:34 AM, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> You can %s/>/>/g
>> This way, undo is not necessary
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> For more complex ones, this can be written
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> :%s/regexp/&/g
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> However, even though you know this doesn't change anything, Vim
> still things that the content has been modified, and sets the
> 'modified' flag on the file.
>
> Using the "n" flag
>
> %s/foo//gn
>
> doesn't make the file modified.
>
> -tim
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