Re: Path easy-search

On Wed, April 6, 2011 4:11 pm, giacomo 'giotti' mariani wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> some days ago I was wondering on the best way to search for full
> *NIX path (something like /path/to/file) in a file. The easier solution,
> a back-slash before each slash, is not that comfortable, especially if
> using the mouse for copy and paste.
> I looked around and summarized my results in:
>
> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Command_for_searching_expressions_%28paths%29_wich_include_backslashes

that link shows me an empty page ("This page needs content...")

> but I'm not sure that this is the best way to achieve the desired goal.
> Is there a best way?
>

Simply assign your search string directly to the search-register, e.g.
if you have your search string in the Clipboard, use:
:let @/=@+
and press n to jump to the next occurence.

Of course you can also assign it manually:
:let @/='/path/with/many/slashes'

regards,
Christian

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