Re: How do I block the message "Pattern not found" in :s

On 2013-03-12 08:30, James Kanze wrote:
> function! FixParen()
> s/( */( /g
> s/ *)/ )/g
> s/( *)/()/g
> endfunction
>
> The problem is that when calling these over a range (the usual
> procedure), vim invokes the function once per line; a lot of lines
> don't have anything which needs fixing, and cause the message
> "Pattern not found" to be emitted. Is there any way of inhibiting
> this?

You can use the "e" flag to suppress this:

s/( */( /ge

which you can read about at

:help :s_flags

-tim


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