Re: Substitute pattern over multiple lines

On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 10:34:38PM -0400, John Cordes wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 10:07:26PM -0400, John Cordes wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 9:31 PM Tim Chase <vim@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 2020-12-23 20:39, John Cordes wrote:
> > >> I'd start with this ugly monstrosity:
> > >>
> > >> :%s/^2 \u\{3,} \zs\(.*\n\(\%(\D\|3 CONC \).*\n\)\+\)/\='<div
> > >> class="xxx">'.substitute(substitute(submatch(1), '\n3 CONC ', '',
> > >> 'g'), '\n', '', 'g')."<\/div>\n"
>
> > :g/^2 TYPE tngnote//2 NOTE /s/^2 NOTE \zs…
> >
> > Hope this helps get you on the right path,
> >
> > -tim
> >
> > This is amazing looking, Tim -- thanks so much! There is a lot for a nearly
> > 80-year old to unpack here -- it's going to take me a while. :)
> > It looks as though you have covered all the bases I want to deal with.
> >
> > Thank you again,
> > John
>
> Just a quick report to say that following your suggestion above leads to:
>
> :g/^2 TYPE tngnote//2 NOTE /s/^2 NOTE \zs\(.*\n\(\%(\D\|3 CONC \).*\n\)\+\)/\='<div class="xxx">'.substitute(substitute(submatch(1), '\n3 CONC ', '', 'g'), '\n', '', 'g')."<\/div>\n"
>
> which as far as I can tell at the moment is working perfectly,
> handling all situations the way I wanted. I will check further and
> also test on another GEDCOM file when I'm fresher.
>
> Thanks again Tim; I have learned a lot. Now if it would only stick...
>
> John

Tim,

I hate to trouble you further about this, but possibly while it
is still reasonably fresh in your mind...

The last ":g..." command I listed above is working correctly
when there are continuation lines (i.e. at least one "3 CONC" tag
following the "2 NOTE" tag, but I think it seems to be skipping by
the "2 NOTE" tags which do *not* have a CONC / Continuation tag.
I thought the pattern would be allowing for no CONC tags but I'm
not seeing what is wrong.
At least I *think* that's what I am seeing.

John



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