> When I substitute using ":s/{pattern}/{string}/{option}", I prefer to use
> "/{pattern}" to check out
> whether the pattern is satisfactory. After checking, I will run the
> substitute command. However, if
> the pattern string is too complicated, typing it twice is boring. I would
> like to know whether there is
> any better way to copy the pattern from "/{pattern}" to
> ":s/{pattern}/{string}/{option}".
The solution is painfully easy:
:%s//{string}/{option}
By omitting the pattern, vim uses the last search pattern
automatically.
I often do this using the #/* operators -- hit one of those to
find the next word under my cursor, and then use a :s// like
above to do a substitute across the matches.
-tim
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