Hello - Many thanks - but even after searching the manual etc. I do not understand how this solution is constructed or arrived at. Perhaps Vim is not for me.
Regards _John Sampson_ John Beckett wrote: > John Sampson wrote: > >> I want to change lines of the form >> able|baker|charlie|dog|easy >> >> to >> baker|able|charlie|dog|easy >> > > A quick test with the following worked ok: > > :nnoremap <F8> :s/\([^\|]*\)\|\([^\|]*\)\(.*\)/\2\|\1\3/<CR>:noh<CR> > > John > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4263 (20090721) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
