Re: regex variable

On Friday, July 19, 2013 8:49:34 AM UTC-5, BPJ wrote:
> 2013-07-19 09:59, shawn wilson skrev:
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> > On Jul 18, 2013 11:48 PM, "John Beckett" <johnb.beckett@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>
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> >> shawn wilson wrote:
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> >>> This is probably a feature request but I really do hate the
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> >>> regex engine and would love to swap it out. Is there / can
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> >>> there be a compile time option to use a different engine?
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> I can always filter through a perl oneliner if I
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> want to use perl's regex engine. Can't you do the same with Ruby?
>

For searching it's not possible to use a different syntax, but you can easily do it for substitution via :perldo, :rubydo, :luado, etc. That is, if you have your Vim compiled with support for your language of choice.

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