Re: Search in selection - difference in behaviour between ':s' and '/' (or ':/')

2015-08-18 4:05 GMT+03:00 trismarck <trismarck@gmail.com>:
> This is based on: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace_in_a_visual_selection
> and was supposed not to be about \%V, which just works.
>
> Lets suppose that one does the following:
> - V, select a few lines
> - ':', followed by either 's' or '/': ':s' or ':/'
> - type a search pattern [and a replacement text for 's']
> If that's the case, then typing ':s/<pattern>/<replacement>' will replace text _within selection_ and typing ':/<pattern>' will search the text within _the entire file_. I don't understand why those two behave differently.
> 1. Could you describe why there is a difference in behaviour between the above.
> 2. Is '/' an Ex command?
> 3. Is ':/' an Ex command?
> 4. What does ':/' really mean? (is it an Ex command that redirects to the Search 'mode'?)
> 5. Why doesn't ":'<,'>/<pattern>" work 'as expected' - search for <pattern> within selection (selection specified by the special 'selection' range)?
> 6. What would it mean if after selecting a few lines, one would just type '/' (instead of ':/') (~so that the ranges '< and '> do not appear) - is the selection ignored entirely in this case and a search on a file is just performed?

Read :h range, it contains all answers.

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> Regards.
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