Re: Python Regex in a Vim Search

That was already suggested a lot of times. Search ML for "PCRE support".

2016-05-11 19:19 GMT+03:00 rameo <raiwil@gmail.com>:
> I would like to ask whether it is possible to add python regex to the VIM search in a future VIM release?
>
> p.e.
> We could use a `P` or something like that in a vim search to indicate that it concerns a Python regex p.e. `/P'pythonregex'`
>
> If we have this we can use the same regex in the other python code if not we have to switch from Vim code to python code. A wonderful thing in VIM is that it accepts other languages as Ruby and Python. Both have more features so that we can achieve things faster and easier. It's also easier to find online help. There are more users programming in these languages then Vimscript
>
> Slickedit has a similar function:
> https://www.slickedit.com/products/slickedit/cool-features
> (please see 'Regex Evaluator' at the bottom of this document)
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