If you check the documentation for *help :v*, you'd see it's marked as the same
On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 7:50 PM Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote: > Shortly after the help for :v it reads > > Instead of the '/' which surrounds the {pattern}, you can use any > other single byte character, but not an alphabetic character, > '\', '"' or '|'. This is useful if you want to include a '/' in > the search pattern or replacement string. > > This makes it sounds like "!" should be a viable delimiter (as it > it is for a :s command per `:help pattern-delimiter`). However, > it ends up turning a :g command into a :v command. > > So in addition to excluding backslash, double-quote, and bar, I'd > recommend adding "!" to the list here. > > -tim > > discovered by unthinkingly doing a > > :g!/path/ > > and getting all lines that didn't contain "path" rather than all > lines that did contain "/path/". Using an alternate delimiter like > > :g@/path/ > > worked as expected. And I often use "!" as my pattern-delimiter > in substitute commands when the pattern contains "/" characters > > -- > -- > 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/ZFAYFQnS5iT/YvRo%40thechases.com > . > -- -- 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/CAOmRJreyyv01DKjYyp8VnySNMLFC2hQjOdiathmunvO5d%3DbkFg%40mail.gmail.com.
