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Article #3116Re: Query-replace on VI
From: Greg Limes
Date: Thu, 05 May 1988 22:22
Date: Thu, 05 May 1988 22:22
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In article <393@aiva.ed.ac.uk> ken@uk.ac.ed.aiva (Ken Johnson,E32 SB x212E) writes: >somebody responds to ... >>somebody asks >>> Does anyone know if VI has the query-replace function? > >>2) :g/foo/s//BAR/gc ### works in ex-mode > >Works, but it is not a query-replace; it is a global replace. >As far as I can see there is no way to do a query-replace in `vi', >but if that is so it's a serious omission. Ken, look at the command more carefully. That trailing "c" tells vi to ask the user about each replacement. Sounds amazingly like how EMACS handles "query-replace". Yes, I would like to get more people using EMACS ... but not by claiming that VI lacks such an important feature. -- Greg Limes [limes@sun.com] Illigitimi Non Carborundum
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!oliveb!sun!limes From: limes@sun.uucp (Greg Limes) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: Query-replace on VI Message-ID: <52205@sun.uucp> Date: 5 May 88 22:22:17 GMT References: <2587@geac.UUCP> <27909@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <86@skep2.ATT.COM> <393@aiva.ed.ac.uk> Reply-To: limes@sun.UUCP (Greg Limes) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 19