On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 8:13 PM Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2023-01-13 16:41, Salman Halim wrote: > > For example, I want to find a match for 'cat', but only in lines 50 to > > 100. If my cursor is before line 50 when I start, I can prefix my > > expression with \%>49 and pass 100 as the stopline, but that doesn't > > work if my cursor is AFTER line 50 as it starts the match at the cursor > > location. > > I don't want to first move my cursor. > > While possibly not quite what you're looking for, if I want such, I use > > :50,100g/cat > > or, if I want to know which line-numberss: > > :50,100g/cat/# > > > -tim > Tim, this doesn't do what I'm trying to do, but the bigger problem is that :g absolutely moves the cursor, putting it on the last found match. Thanks very much, Salman -- -- 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/CANuxnEcXzUyY%3Db8bEofU1yKQHWqbsOjmCrSKnApc57C9H%3DK3Gg%40mail.gmail.com.
