On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 03:34:03PM EDT, Tim Chase wrote: > Try changing that line from > > $?^$?+,$g/^\[\@!.*\n\[\@!/,/\n\[\|\%$/j > > to > > $?^$?+,$g/^\[\@!.*\n\[\@!./,/\n\[\|\%$/j
This indeed fixes the problem. Still trying to wrap my head around this bizarre :g/regex1/,/regex2/command ... syntax. I eventually found something in the user manual that (sort of) explains what's going on here... under [edit-paragraph-join]. What I understand is that somewhat in a 'shorthand manner'... with the :g(lobal) command you can specify a second /patttern2/ (separated from the 'normal' g /pattern1/ by a comma) defining a range for the command executed by :global... or in other words that the command executed by ':g' will target not the current line (as is normally the case) but rather all the lines in the range from 'current line' (the line :g is currently point at) to the next line in the buffer that matches /pattern2/... Rather comical that I spent so much time wondering what that comma somewhere in the middle of what I assumed was one single regex was about...! never imagined this comma in '/pattern1/,/pattern2/' was not part of a regex but rather the range separator... Incidentally this clarifies vim's 'invalid range' message - i.e. it's the join command's range he's complaining about... not the global :g range! In any case the modified Unfootnote() function now does the job without a glitch. Thank you very much for your help! CJ -- -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20200630223309.GD4819%40turki.local.
