Re: g[lobal] with s[ubstitute]

On Mon, June 17, 2013 01:12, Bee wrote:
> g[lobal] with s[ubstitute]
>
> I used the following to replace ';' with '; ' only in lines with '}'
>
> It works, but if I want to stop early using 'q' it does not quit, I
> must use ^C.
>
> Also if I use 'a' to replace all, search/replace does not exit, again
> needing ^C.
>
> :g/}/s/;/; /gc
>
> Another solution?

That is the way the :g command works. :g marks each relevant line
and then runs the specified command for each marked line. That means
for every line matching } it runs a "new" :s command with confirmation.

So basically, you need to "quit"/"all" for each line again.

Here is a patch, that makes "q" abort for all invocations of :s commands
commands when used in conjuction with :g and 'a' work across all
invocations of ':s' commands when using :g


regards,
Christian

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