rail shafigulin wrote:
does anybody know if it is possible to specify multiple ranges in vim
for a command execution
for example:
:1,4s/old/new/g - this command will replace old to new in lines 1 to 4
inclusive
however what if i want to execute this command in multiple places say
something like
:1,4;10,14;20,24s/old/new/g - i want to do a replacement on lines 1
through 4, 10 through 14, and 20 through 24
does anybody know if it is possible in vim?
Not exactly.
Vim doesn't support multiple ranges; however, you can construct regular
expressions that often enable the same thing. For your example, consider
\%(\%>0l\&\%<5l\)\|\%(\%>9l\&\%<15l\)\|\%(\%>19l\&\%<25l\)
so you could couple that with
:g/\%(\%>0l\&\%<5l\)\|\%(\%>9l\&\%<15l\)\|\%(\%>19l\&\%<25l\)/somecommand
However, it is somewhat awkward to type. I suppose one could write a
plugin to simplify the production of such regexps; it would be
straightforward.
Regards,
Chip Campbell
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