Re: VI question

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From: Ben Liberman
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 00:00

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In article <4b1d02$nq@kirin.wwa.com>, Bob Zimmerman <bobzim@wwa.com> wrote:
>I've been using VI ...

>I find I do alot of /pattern, then a cw to change the
>word I found... 
>
>I would like to repeat this manner... I don't want 
>to do a :%s/pattern/ etc... because...
>how do I have it prompt me for each one (each
>change) to determine if it "should" do it (sort of yes/no)
>for each find... 

After using /pattern to find pattern, just using / will search forward
for the next occurance and using ? will search backwards.

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