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created October 3, 2003 · complexity intermediate · author Charles E. Campbell, Jr. · version 6.0
The :RS /pattern/subpattern/{flags} command+function as shown below allows one to repeat a RS-substitute after the current cursor position.
For example:
" The cursor position is indicated with '^' on next line. one two three one two three one two three ^ :RS /two/TWO/ one TWO three one two three one two three ^ move cursor: one TWO three one two three one two three ^ (I think tip author intended to repeat :RS here?) cursor ends up: one TWO three one two three one TWO three
Put the following into your vimrc if you'd like to be able to do this.
" RS: repeat substitution command com! -range -nargs=* RS call RepeatSubst(<q-args>) " RepatSubst: fun! RepeatSubst(subexpr) if a:subexpr != "" let g:repeatsubst= a:subexpr endif let curcol= col(".") let sep = strpart(g:repeatsubst,0,1) let pat = substitute(g:repeatsubst,'^.\(.\{-}\)'.sep.'.*$','\1','') s/\%#./\r&/ let curcol= curcol + matchend(getline("."),pat) exe "s".g:repeatsubst norm! k j! exe 'norm! '.curcol.'|' endfun