On 3 February 2010 10:12, James Kanze <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was wondering if there was a simple way to define a recorded
> sequence in vim which doesn't terminate if a :s command doesn't
> find any matches. Basically, I'm converting blocks of C++ code
> to C++ strings, with things like
> :'a,'bs/"/\\:/g
> . Except that not all of the blocks contain strings, so
> sometimes, this search and replace will fail. I'd like the
> recorded sequence to continue in such cases.
Have you tried the 'e' flag to substitute?
:'a,'bs/"/\\:/ge
:help :s_flags
For information, also see
:help :silent
In particular :silent!
Al
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