Hi Benjamin!
(re-posting to vim-dev, for clarity).
On Fr, 05 Nov 2010, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:
> I still don't quite understand why my attempted solution to rameo's
> problem didn't work... As a pared down example, why is the entire
> visual range matched in this:
>
> x = outside visual block, V = nonspaces in visual, ' ' = space in visual
>
> /\%V\%(\S\+\s*\)*\%V
>
> xxxxx VVV VVV VVV xxxxx - text
> mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - match
> xxxxx VVV xxxxx - text
> mmmmmmm - match
>
> I don't understand how the leading spaces in the visual range can be
> matched by a pattern that can't match leading spaces.
I think, I understand this part. This part boils down to a visual
selection item followed by zero or more of a sequence of any number of
non-space items followed by zero or more space. In other words, this can
match /\%V\%V and in fact that is what it matches.
> Removing the optionality, it's also weird, as the trailing space
> (singular!?) isn't matched:
>
> /\%V\S\+\s*\%V
> xxxxx VVV VVV VVV xxxxx - text
> mmmmmmmmmmmm - match
> xxxxx VVV xxxxx - text
> mmmm - match
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this?
This is a bug. The regular expression engine is quite complex in Vim. I
think, the attached patch fixes it.
regards,
Christian
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diff --git a/src/regexp.c b/src/regexp.c
--- a/src/regexp.c
+++ b/src/regexp.c
@@ -3061,6 +3061,7 @@
static linenr_T reglnum; /* line number, relative to first line */
static char_u *regline; /* start of current line */
static char_u *reginput; /* current input, points into "regline" */
+static int need_adv_col; /* adjust end column after visual match */
static int need_clear_subexpr; /* subexpressions still need to be
* cleared */
@@ -3724,6 +3725,8 @@
{
reg_endpos[0].lnum = reglnum;
reg_endpos[0].col = (int)(reginput - regline);
+ if (reg_endpos[0].col == need_adv_col)
+ reg_endpos[0].col++;
}
else
/* Use line number of "\ze". */
@@ -3735,6 +3738,8 @@
reg_startp[0] = regline + col;
if (reg_endp[0] == NULL)
reg_endp[0] = reginput;
+ if (reg_endp[0] == need_adv_col)
+ reg_endp[0]++;
}
#ifdef FEAT_SYN_HL
/* Package any found \z(...\) matches for export. Default is none. */
@@ -4012,6 +4017,7 @@
}
lnum = reglnum + reg_firstlnum;
col = (colnr_T)(reginput - regline);
+ need_adv_col = col;
if (lnum < top.lnum || lnum > bot.lnum)
status = RA_NOMATCH;
else if (mode == 'v')
