Re: Atomic Substitution.

I see, it already seems to work, thanks. On 2026-10-23 13:46:11, Janis Papanagnou wrote: > Your description is not quite clear to me. - It sounds as if you want something like > > :g/pattern/s/pattern/replacement/g > > or > > :g/grep-pattern/s/other-pattern/replacement/g > > i.e. use of the "global" command 'g' to select all existing matching lines, > and only on those do another replacement on the second pattern expression. > > For example to replace the word "world" by "vim" only in lines where > "hello world" is seen (but not, e.g., in lines where "world wide web" is written) > > :g/hello world/s/world/vim/g > > If that's not what you want, please clarify. > > Janis > > ________________________________________ > Von: 'Frank Schwidom' via vim_use <vim_use@googlegroups.com> > Gesendet: Freitag, 23. Oktober 2026 15:33 > An: vim_use@googlegroups.com > Betreff: Atomic Substitution. > > Hi. > > I woud like to first make ether a range selection or a grep on ines and after that substitute them but only if the substitution can take place on all itemm. Is that possible? > > Thanks in Advance. > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/attiQu6zokeSUzll%40debian64. > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/PAXPR05MB890835EB32D675404728FFDEF3642%40PAXPR05MB8908.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com. > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/att0HG0tOJXe6AEV%40debian64.