":normal /pattern" can't take effect in gVim 7.3.46

Hi All
I want to use the below command in command line to search my specified pattern in the text
:normal /pattern

However, it doesn't take effect in my current version:gVim 7.3.46

anyone knows how to correct this command or other comments?

My request is from below case:
used for I want to set my own command to search the pattern when I did the selection on the konsole terminal


currently I could use below succesfully to insert some text which I selected on the konsole.
:command Joe :exec "normal i" . @*

but can't I can't use below to search the pattern text which I selected on the konsole.
:command Joe2 :exec "normal /" . @*

and I guess it's due to the "normal /" is not a correct or complete command here.






I have read the webpage:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Using_normal_command_in_a_script_for_searching

but I can't understand why they do that.


:execute "normal /pattern/e+1\<CR>"

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