On 2021-05-23 00:25, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > Tim Chase wrote: >> /\%'<\_.\{-}\%'>/ >> >> So then I highlighted some text in *linewise* visual mode ("V") >> and hit <esc> and the highlight was removed. Using "n" to search >> for the next match gave me an >> >> E486: Pattern not found: \%'<\_.\{-}\%'> > > I guess the problem is that the '> mark is at "MAXCOL". That means > "at the end of the line". But that position doesn't actually > exist, so searching for "\%'>" fails. > > It probably works better when \%'> matches just beyond the last > character of the line, like /\n does. You can create an issue for > that.
That makes sense. Done: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/8238 (linking here just in case anybody else stumbles on this thread and wants to follow along) Thanks for looking into it. -tim -- -- 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20210522175820.5bf7f140%40bigbox.attlocal.net.