On 10/26/2014 05:24 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > It's definitely part of the command. The trick is knowing that > "[cmd]" can include a range relative to the line(s) matched by the :g > command. I had to dig around to find references in the help, but > I found a couple examples using a range as part of the [cmd]: > > :help collapse > > as well as around lines 411 & 448 of ":help usr_25.txt". > > I do this all the time as it's very powerful. It's been in vi/ex as > long as I know/remember, and even works in the venerable "ed". > > The only gotcha that I've found is when your relative ranges walk off > the top/bottom of the file, triggering the aforementioned edge-cases.
Thanks! As the "resident Ex junkie"[1] :-) you've probably shown this on-list before, but it's good to see examples in the documentation as well. I've sent a small documentation patch to make it explicit in :help :global. Michael Henry [1]: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg13769.html, last paragraph. -- -- 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.
