Re: text substitution for all the files opened in vim

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Christian Brabandt <cblists@256bit.org> wrote:

On Thu, February 24, 2011 1:03 pm, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 02/23/2011 11:20 PM, Ben Schmidt wrote:

>> :help :argdo
>> :help :bufdo
>
> ...remembering that vim will complain if you try to leave a
> modified buffer unless you
>
> 1) save the buffer as part of your command:
>
>    :bufdo %s/foo/bar/g|w
>
> 2) set 'hidden' to allow vim to leave a modified buffer:
>
>    :set hidden
>    :bufdo %s/foo/bar/g
>    <review changes to make sure they're what you want>
>    :wall

or
3) set 'autowriteall' which will automatically write your unsaved
  changes. (Not that I think it is a good idea...)

Also, I am sure you know this and not exactly what you are looking for, but I have found using vimgrep and then using the cw command to show matches in a window, then making the edits manually or on per file basis. I came recently from textmate and used global replace a lot but in the end I think I end up messing up things more and that by at least having to go instance by instance in the end save time and get more accurate --

ie.

:vimgrep /findtext/gj ./**
:cw
 

regards,
Christian

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