John Beckett <[email protected]> [14-04-01 17:28]: > meino wrote: > > I often use a search'n'replace on an area, which is limited by > > a previously selected visual block. > > Additional hlsearch is on by default. > > After the searech'n'replace has ended, the found places are > > marked all over the whole text. > > This is often irritating to me. > > Is there a way to limit the highlights set by hlsearch to > > those place of the visual block area? > > As the other reply said, map a key to turn highlights off. See: > http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_all_search_pattern_matches > > However, while not really helpful for what you asked, it is > possible to limit highlights to the last visually selected > block. See: > http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace_in_a_visual_selection > > For example, consider these two searches: > /[abc] > /\%V[abc] > > The first finds all a or b or c, everywhere. > > The second finds the same, but only in the last visual > selection (what would be highlighted if gv were used). > > John > > > Hi John,
thanks for your reply! I want to 'search and replace' not only to search. I always thought that '<,'> already say: Do that only inside the visual block. Why do I need to specify \%V additionally. Or do I get all this totally wrong ?????? By the way: I treid to find the expression \%V inside the vim help...but didnt foudn a match. What is the correct keyword to find the according help? Best regards, mcc -- -- 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/d/optout.
