On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > Say you have a file that contains many code functions, and you're only > concerned with one particular function. I wonder if there's a plugin that > will let you select a part of a file, in this case our function, and limit > vim 'things' to only this selected section. For example, doing a / search > would only search within the target area. :%s// would only look inside the > area, etc. I know I could copy the area to a new file, edit that, then paste > it back, but I really want it the same file, because for example I might > want to do a :make on it, which requires the other 'outside' bits of the > file to be present. > > Anyone know if such a thing exists?
You should look into Christian Brabandt's NarrowRegion plugin. (https://github.com/chrisbra/NrrwRgn) I believe it does what you're looking for. Cheers, Ethan Alan > -- > -- > 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. -- -- 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.
