I am sorry, I misread John's solution. I tried it out now and it does (kind of) work.
This was the exact command which worked for me though - :g//exe "normal v//e+1\<C-CR>\"Ay") Thanks for correcting me Ben. On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Monday, January 27, 2014 8:48:47 AM UTC-6, Sibin wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:56 PM, John Little <[email protected]> wrote: >> > How about using //e to extend a visual selection? >> > >> > Say the current search is your multi-line pattern, then >> > >> > :let @a="" >> > :g//exe "normal v//e\<cr>$\"Ay" >> > >> > appends the text of each match into register a, as whole lines (thanks to >> > the $). >> > >> Thanks for the reply John. >> This method isn't good enough for my use case since I want to copy all >> of the matches simultaneously, not just one of them. >> >> However, this method will work when used as part of a macro and is >> something which I already used. >> I was looking for a single step method. >> > > This should work to copy all of the matches. Why do you think it will only > copy > one? It does a :g command on the last search pattern, which will execute for > every line that matches your search. The command it runs will copy the match, > APPENDING it to the 'a' register. So, after the command runs, all matched text > should be in the 'a' register and you can paste it with the normal-mode > command: > > "ap > > -- > -- > 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. -- Regards, Sibin -- -- 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.
