> Hi,
>
> with the * and # command it is possible to search (foward and backward)
> for the word nearest the cursor, is there a way to use an entire block
> of highlighted text as pattern for the search.
> This is very usefull when you want to search and replace for a
> long stringi composed by multiple words.
>
> Davide
>
Well, you can't yank into the search register; but you can yank into
some other register (such as the default register) and then copy that
into the search register:
(select visual area)
y
:let @/ = @@
and then
n
to search. However if the yanked block exceeds a line, or oversteps a
linebreak, you will have a what to Vim is a null (one byte) where a
search would need \n (two bytes) to match the line break. Similarly, any
full stops, slashes, question marks, asterisks, brackets, backslashes,
etc., will not be properly backslash-escaped in your search pattern.
Best regards,
Tony.
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