On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:51:06 AM UTC-5, Paul Isambert wrote: > > > Doing substitutions with a pattern that matches the empty string is > > > not useful, in real editing tasks it's not what is wanted. One is > > > always trying to match *something*. > > > > The “*” operator should be banned, then! >
The * should not be used by itself. But it is very useful in combination with other stuff. For example, I use a tool which generates variable names automatically from graphically-created GUI widgets. I'm sometimes not sure whether there is a single _, two __, or none at all between two parts of a variable name, so I'll search for something like "firstpart_*secondpart". Other examples (not even auto-generated) are when there might be a word in between, like "firstpart\w*secondpart". -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
