> Thanks for the explanations!
>
>
> Duane
>
> On Apr 27, 2010, at 7:34 PM, Tim Chase <vim@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
>
>> On 04/27/2010 06:36 PM, AK wrote:
>>>
>>> On 04/27/2010 07:22 PM, Duane Johnson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So the % symbol is a special range that means 'the whole file'. Is
>>>> there a similar special symbol that means 'what is visible in the
>>>> window'?
>>>
>>> HVL
>>
>> For the uninitiated, that terse 3-character response means
>>
>> H go to the top line displayed on the screen
>> V go into line-wise visual mode
>> L go to the last line displayed on the screen
>>
>> at which point, if you press ":", it will prepopulate the command-line
>> with
>>
>> :'<,'>
>>
>> for the highlighted range (which now covers the lines visible on the
>> screen) at which you can then type your command:
>>
>> :'<,'>s/foo/bar/g
>>
>> As an interesting side-note, assuming "*" isn't in your 'cpoptions'
>>
>> set cpoptions?
>>
>> once you've highlighted a range the first time, you can use your original
>> syntax
>>
>> :*s/foo/bar/g
>>
>> as a shorthand for ":'<,'>s/foo/bar/g", as detailed at
>>
>> :help cpo-star
>> :help :star
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> -tim
Another way:
:set number
Then just do:
:m,ns/search/replace/g
where m and n are the line numbers
To use your original example your see the word three times on your
screen. Pick the line for the first one and the third, that would
capture all the lines in between to include the second one.
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