On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 12:06 PM Christian Brabandt <cbli...@256bit.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Dec 2024, Arun E wrote: > > > With a buffer having just.. > > > > aaa > > bbb > > aaa > > > > ..and with the cursor on the first 'a' on the first line, when you > search for 'aa', the hit on the first line -- the 'aa' starting at column 2 > -- is not found, rather the cursor lands on the 3rd line. Is this a > documented behavior? It is > > the same behaviour in vim 8 and 9. I have not tried other versions. > > > > Playing around on it a bit more, I kinda understand why. Vim seems to > try to match the "aa" in the current position, and avoid the 'a' in column > 2 for subsequent matches. A zero width pattern seems to hit all > occurrences (\(aa\)\@=). > > > > Yes, I see the same going back to vim74. Interestingly traditional ex-vi > behaves the same, while nvi jumps by each single "a" forward (which is > also confusing: on a line like this: > aaaaaa > and then searching for aa and hitting n > the cursor will move only by a single a forward, while I would expect it > to move by 2 "a") > Ah, I see, thanks for the results on different editors. Though out of the norm, I like the nvi behavior. Glad to know that vim also could mimic that. > > I checked the POSIX specs, but it doesn't mention anything about it (or > I did not find it). > > > Anyway, the current behavior is very confusing, perhaps should be > > documented if not done already. > > It's hard to find and hard to understand, but :h cpo-c let's you > configure this. > I had a hunch (or maybe I read sometime ago) that it would be in cpo, but thanks for pointing out exactly where it is. Though I want that behavior, I will just use that on a need basis. I am sure it is going to break many plugins if I turn it on unconditionally. Thanks again Christian! Regards, -Arun > Best, > Christian > -- > "For the most part, Democrats don't question the Republican's right to > govern > when they win elections" > > Heck, Democrats don't question the Republican's right to govern even when > Democrats win elections. > -- Moopheus, on scienceblogs.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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/Z2MrRq/NT2kNOoKA%40256bit.org. > -- -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAJUkyiH8dUP1SNPo5GzHb2c878k6rZ3KHZo_bRa%3DWLHdqmPixg%40mail.gmail.com.
