Hi,

John Kirkpatrick wrote:
> 
> i'm a bit of a vim novice, so sorry if this is a stupid question.
> 
> how can i stop already-matched strings being excluded from the search 
> text for regexp matching?
> 
> e.g.  if i have the text aaabbbbbbaaa, and i search for \bbbbb, the last 
> b of the run of 6 is not matched, as the first 5 have been matched and 
> are therefore excluded from the remaining text to be searched.

have a look at

  :help cpo-c

and try

  :set cpoptions-=c

Regards,
Jürgen

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