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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2017-06-10 14:29:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2017-06-10 14:29:52 +0200 |
| commit | f84b122a99da75741ae686fabb6f81b8b4755998 (patch) | |
| tree | 617a26feddb25a746ec6aa89e6865ebb3f28138c /runtime/doc/repeat.txt | |
| parent | 6b1da3312e15c065b373c9ec2732f31a77cee61f (diff) | |
patch 8.0.0630: it is not easy to work on lines without a matchv8.0.0630
Problem: The :global command does not work recursively, which makes it
difficult to execute a command on a line where one pattern matches
and another does not match. (Miles Cranmer)
Solution: Allow for recursion if it is for only one line. (closes #1760)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc/repeat.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/repeat.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt index 8f810536b1..2d51953714 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*repeat.txt* For Vim version 8.0. Last change: 2017 Feb 06 +*repeat.txt* For Vim version 8.0. Last change: 2017 Jun 10 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ of area is used, see |visual-repeat|. ============================================================================== 2. Multiple repeats *multi-repeat* - *:g* *:global* *E147* *E148* + *:g* *:global* *E148* :[range]g[lobal]/{pattern}/[cmd] Execute the Ex command [cmd] (default ":p") on the lines within [range] where {pattern} matches. @@ -79,8 +79,15 @@ The default for [range] is the whole buffer (1,$). Use "CTRL-C" to interrupt the command. If an error message is given for a line, the command for that line is aborted and the global command continues with the next marked or unmarked line. - -To repeat a non-Ex command, you can use the ":normal" command: > + *E147* +When the command is used recursively, it only works on one line. Giving a +range is then not allowed. This is useful to find all lines that match a +pattern and do not match another pattern: > + :g/found/v/notfound/{cmd} +This first finds all lines containing "found", but only executes {cmd} when +there is no match for "notfound". + +To execute a non-Ex command, you can use the `:normal` command: > :g/pat/normal {commands} Make sure that {commands} ends with a whole command, otherwise Vim will wait for you to type the rest of the command for each match. The screen will not |