You don't needed "copy". If you wrote
/something to find what will be changed, just type :s//change_something or :%s//change_something or else :%s//change_something/g Vim will reuse your last search pattern It's magic! Alessandro Antonello 2009/5/26 <[email protected]>: > > Hi there, > When I substitute using ":s/{pattern}/{string}/{option}", I prefer to use > "/{pattern}" to check out > whether the pattern is satisfactory. After checking, I will run the > substitute command. However, if > the pattern string is too complicated, typing it twice is boring. I would > like to know whether there is > any better way to copy the pattern from "/{pattern}" to > ":s/{pattern}/{string}/{option}". > > Thanks. > > Yours, > Wilson > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
