Re: Backslashes in execute normal string

Hi Marco!

On Do, 10 Jan 2013, Marco wrote:

> Hi,
>
> given the following file
>
> \foo
>
> ^ (cursor)
>
> \bar
>
> When I run :execute "normal! /\\bar\r" vim yells:
>
> E486: Pattern not found: \bar
>
> If I run /\\bar in normal mode this works. What is wrong with this
> and how do I rewrite the search so that \bar is found including the
> backslash?

You are searching for "\b"ar, where \b translates to the backspace char.
This is described at :h expr-string.

You want either to use :exe 'norm! /\\bar'."\n" or
:exe "norm! /\\\\bar\n"


Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Christian
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