On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Dexter Douglas <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello, > > I have a problem with an ex script that contains a self-referencing > @-macro. I have reduced it to the silly example below. > > I have a test file. It looks like this: > > a > b > c > d > > > When I run the script, I want this for the results: > > a1 > hello > b1 > hello > c1 > hello > d1 > hello > > > Here is the test script that I am working on. > > :1 > :i > :s/\(.*\)/\11/|a^Mhello^M.^M|+|@c > . > :delete c > :@c > ":w new.txt > ":q! > > > When I open the file and source this script, it produces the > results that I want. But when I uncomment the write and > quit lines, the script does not run as expected. > > It produces this new.txt: > > a1 > hello > b > c > d > > > As a matter of fact, placing any command after the ":@c" line > seems to cause the script to fail. > > Does anyone understand why the script works when I comment out > the lines below ":@c", but does not otherwise? > > I am using Vim version 7.2.22. > > Thanks. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > just insert a newline as part of the :s command - :%s/\(.*\)/\11\rhello/ this will do the whole edit in one go. -- Christopher Suter www.grooveshark.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
