Re: g[lobal] with s[ubstitute]

On Sunday, June 16, 2013 6:12:54 PM UTC-5, Bee wrote:
> g[lobal] with s[ubstitute]
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> I used the following to replace ';' with '; ' only in lines with '}'
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> It works, but if I want to stop early using 'q' it does not quit, I
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> must use ^C.
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> Also if I use 'a' to replace all, search/replace does not exit, again
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> needing ^C.
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> :g/}/s/;/; /gc
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This will apply a 1-line substitute to every line containing a }.

I would find a way to include the } in the pattern and use a full-file range %.

Something like:

:%s#.*}\&\(.*\);#; #gc

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