Bao Niu wrote: > in Vim is enclosing your search pattern with "/" recommended? > The documentation says it is optional. If it's optional then > why not just forget it?
I would be too nervous to follow Tim's advice, but it seems to work. Are you aware of the general rule that applies to commands like :s (substitute)? An example to replace "hello" with "goodbye": :%s/hello/goodbye/g Suppose you need to replace something with slashes in it. The following attempt to replace "a/b" will NOT WORK: :%s/a/b/goodbye/g However, the following will work: :%s.a/b.goodbye.g These tips are worth careful study: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Searching http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace John -- -- 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.
