Re: 'command-list' in 'Q' and 'gQ' ex-mode

On Feb 8, 4:17 pm, SamLT <s...@sltosis.org> wrote:

> in 'Q' mode, the equivalent(_I_ think) command:
> :13,27g/^[A-Z]/s/^/   /\
> .,.+2j!\
> s/\d\+$/.............&/
>
>
> while in the 'gQ' mode the command:
> 84,96g/^[A-Z]/s/^/   /\
> .,.+2j!\
> s/\d\+$/.............&/
>
> gives me the following error:
> "E488: Trailing characters"
>

Are you trying to string together multiple commands on multiple lines
using a '\' at the end of the line? If so, that doesn't work in Vim.
I'm don't think line continuation works in an interactive Vim command
line, but in a script you put the '\' at the BEGINNING of the 2nd line
of a continued line, instead of at the end of the first.

I think you want, as Tim suggests, to use an '|' instead of a '\' and
a newline to separate your commands which are to be run together.

--
You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist.
Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to.
For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php