ALP wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to the group so let me know if my question etiquette is > lacking. > > I'm using gvim portable at work which utilizes vim 7.1.42 and in my > vimrc I can't find the proper syntax for a search/replace regex with > alternatives in a group; i.e. > > " delete all occurrences of foo and bar > map ,blah :%s/\(foo\|bar\)//g > > from googling I've tried replacing "\|" with > | \| \\| <Bar> \<Bar> \\<Bar> <Bar> and even <Leader><Bar> > > > All either generate an error "Not an editor command" or compile but > fail to have the desired behavior. > > Any thoughts, other permutations to try, or am I just making a silly > mistake. > > Thanks a lot for any comments/thoughts. > > Try:
map ,blah :%s/\(foo\<bar>bar\)//g<cr> Regards, Chip Campbell --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
