Re: Save a selection

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 8:48 AM, shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com> wrote:

My problem is that I often select a portion of code and do multiple
:%s/foo/bar/g (or /gc - whatever) after, the code selection disappears
and I need to select that area again if I want to replace something
else. I can remember line numbers or put a mark at the end. Is there a
way to save the selected area or a better way to do this?

Just type gv after the command finishes, and the visual selection will be re-selected.

HTH,

David 

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