The behavior of the 'n' command appears to have recently changed. It used to always repeat the last _search_. Now it appears to repeat the search implied by the last _search and replace_, when there has been an intervening search and replace since the last search.
This is extremely annoying. It is common to search for lines where you need to do a search and replace and where what you are searching for and what you are replacing is different. I am not familiar with any vi derivative that has previously behaved this way. Is there an option to make vim behave the way it used to? Or would perhaps a patch to restore the old behavior be considered? I am using vim 7.0.109 on Centos 5.5, by the way. - Mark B. -- 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
