On Oct 17, 2013 5:53 PM, "Ben Fritz" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday, October 17, 2013 7:48:25 AM UTC-5, shawn wilson wrote: > > My problem is that I often select a portion of code and do multiple > > > > :%s/foo/bar/g (or /gc - whatever) after, the code selection disappears > > > > and I need to select that area again if I want to replace something > > > > else. I can remember line numbers or put a mark at the end. Is there a > > > > way to save the selected area or a better way to do this? > > Everybody suggested gv to reselect the area, I'm surprised nobody mentioned that you don't NEED to reselect the visual area, nor do you need to manually set marks. > > Every time you create a visual selection, Vim automatically sets the '< and '> marks. > > So to run several sequential commands on the same visual selection: > > {make visual selection} > :'<,'>FirstCommand > :'<,'>SecondCommand > :'<,'>ThirdCommand > :'<,'>Etc > > Note that for FirstCommand, as soon as you press :, the marks '<,'> are inserted for you by Vim. The others you can enter manually or use command-line history to recall a previous command you can edit.
One can use :*Command as a shortcut for :'<,'>Command. If this does not work check out 'cpoptions' value, it should not contain star (:h cpo-star). > -- > -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
