To this html code I wanted to select the text between the tags and replace the original text with \n character removed. There is a more complex example that I wanted to ask, here is the problem:
Original ______________________________ <p>Mike <strong>Gilbert </strong> Senior</p> _____________________________ After search & replace: ______________________________ <p>Mike <strong>Gilbert</strong> Senior</p> _____________________________ I hope you really got what I was asking. TIA On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote: > Kunal Bajpai wrote: > >> I have been using Vim for about 3-4 months and am a student web >> developer. I am still learning Vim and need help with a command. >> I am editing some web pages using web pages many a times I have to >> edit web pages. Here is what I want: >> >> ______________________________ >> <p>Mike >> Gilbert >> Senior</p> >> _____________________________ >> >> I need a command that selects the whole html code including the >> newline character. >> > > While you can include "\n" in your search pattern for the newline, > > /<p>Mike\nGilbert\nSenior<\/p> > > you don't specify *what* you want to do with it once you've selected it. > Do you want to replace all or a portion with something? Do you want to > indent it? Capitalize it? > > With more information, it may be possible to get a solution to modify all > your files in one pass. You may also read up in the help regarding > windo/argdo/bufdo/tabdo for performing an action on a collection of files > (since you mention multiple pages). > > -tim > > > > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
