Re: Use contents of register in search?

On 2015-02-11, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 2015-02-11 21:38, Ethan Hereth wrote:
> > > - control+F (":help c_CTRL-F") allows you to use the power of
> > > vim to edit the vim command-line (and your previous search
> > > histories).
> >
> > Tim!! I have been using vim for years now and I frequently use the
> > q{:,/,?} commands. I did not know about ctrl-f from the command
> > line! That is fantastic! Thank you for pointing that out. I imagine
> > I'll use this quite often now! This list really is a never-ending
> > fountain of vim knowledge!
>
> If you don't like control+F, it can be overridden with the 'cedit'
> setting. However for portability reasons, I recommend leaving
> 'cedit' as it is and just using control+F.

In my case, I use the vi mode of bash, so I automatically hit Esc to
edit a command line. From the Vim command line, that not only did
not open an edit window, it killed the command. So I now use

set cedit=<Esc>

Regards,
Gary

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