Re: "/ doesn't get filled

On 2011-08-10, sinbad wrote:
> why doesn't the "/ register filled with the current search.
> with the following mapping. should i do something special
>
> nmap \jj :call Jj()
>
> fun! Jj()
> let someflag=1
> silent normal! *
> endfun
>
> thanks

The reason is that Vim saves the / register when calling a function and
restores it on return from a function. From ":help registers" or ":help
quote/":

9. Last search pattern register "/ quote_/ quote/
Contains the most recent search-pattern. This is used for "n" and 'hlsearch'.
It is writable with ":let", you can change it to have 'hlsearch' highlight
other matches without actually searching. You can't yank or delete into this
register. The search direction is available in v:searchforward.
Note that the valued is restored when returning from a function
function-search-undo.
{not in Vi}

Regards,
Gary

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