On Friday, February 22, 2013 3:00:49 PM UTC-6, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Friday, February 22, 2013 12:18:50 PM UTC-6, hackware wrote:
> > I wish to issue a colon command to move a "seeded" search match to after
> > current line.
> >
> > like the following:
> >
> > :'a,'bg/ZZZ/m.+1
> >
> > 'a and 'b are set and around search area containing the "ZZZ" seeded line
> > to be moved...
> >
> > m is for move, and i had thought the period would mean current line, but it
> > does not...
> >
> > and the "+1" would be line after where cursor was before the colon
> > command...
> >
> > Seems simple, what am I doing wrong...?
> >
> > william...
>
> The :g command works by finding a list of lines matching the pattern, setting
> the "current" line and executing the command on each of the matched lines in
> turn.
>
> So . in a :g command refers to each line acted on.
>
> For simplicity, I will assume you're moving lines to a position outside of
> your 'a,'b range. You could either give an absolute number directly, or use
> :exec 'g...'.line('.'), or set a mark on the current line and use that.
ahhh...
backasswards b my "normal" problem...
did not realize that :g set current line...
guess i'll have to figger out yank/put from registers...
(working up to writing a script...)
thanx...
william...
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