It's great enough. Thanks.
Regards,
Ben Kim
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Tim Chase wrote:
>> If I search for "\<someword\>' using * on a word, and want to use it as
>> the search pattern for replace, like :%s/\<someword\>/otherword/
>>
>> Is there a shortcut for that last searched pattern?
>
> It doesn't get more "shortcut" than
>
> :%s//otherword/
>
> From the help (":help change.txt" and search for this text...sorry there's no
> nice tag to drop you right next to it):
>
> If the {pattern} for the substitute command is
> empty, the command uses the pattern from the last
> substitute or ":global" command.
>
> (and I'd add "or search" to the text, which includes the */# operators)
>
> However, the last search is also accessible in the "/" register, which you
> can
> bring into any insertion, search or command-line with control+R followed by
> the slash ("/")
>
> :he i_CTRL-r
> :he c_CTRL-r
>
> for more info on that.
>
>> Likewise, if I undo the replace, and would like then to search for
>> "otherword", is there a shortcut too?
>
> I'm not sure there's an easy way to search for the *replacement* side of a
> substitute. Though I'd love to be proven wrong...I've occasionally reached
> for this and been disappointed not to know a solution.
>
> -tim
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