On 2016-04-02 09:34, Dmitry Teslenko wrote: > I have this block of text: > > START > aaaa > bbb > cccc > END > > I try to record a macro that perform substitutions between START > and END. Say, I need to replace aaaa with ee and cccc with ff. > Cursor is at START. I do visual selection and then search > replace :<,>s My problem is macro execution terminates on search > item not found.
The immediate solution is to use the /e flag for :s to ignore errors when the pattern isn't found. That said, vi/vim excels at doing this sort of manipulation: :g/START/.+1,/END/-1s/aaaa/ee/e|.+1,/END/-1s/cccc/ff/e or, making use of defaults for line incrementing/decrementing: :g/START/+,/END/-s/aaaa/ee/e|+,/END/-s/cccc/ff/e will do your entire file in one pass without macros. -tim -- -- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
