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author Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
date Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:22:38 +0200
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1 *pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2011 Jul 20 1 *pattern.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2011 Sep 28
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar 4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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19 8. Composing characters |patterns-composing| 19 8. Composing characters |patterns-composing|
20 9. Compare with Perl patterns |perl-patterns| 20 9. Compare with Perl patterns |perl-patterns|
21 10. Highlighting matches |match-highlight| 21 10. Highlighting matches |match-highlight|
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23 ============================================================================== 23 ==============================================================================
24 1. Search commands *search-commands* *E486* 24 1. Search commands *search-commands*
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26 */* 26 */*
27 /{pattern}[/]<CR> Search forward for the [count]'th occurrence of 27 /{pattern}[/]<CR> Search forward for the [count]'th occurrence of
28 {pattern} |exclusive|. 28 {pattern} |exclusive|.
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147 command with <CR> to actually position the cursor at the displayed match. Or 147 command with <CR> to actually position the cursor at the displayed match. Or
148 use <Esc> to abandon the search. 148 use <Esc> to abandon the search.
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150 All matches for the last used search pattern will be highlighted if you set 150 All matches for the last used search pattern will be highlighted if you set
151 the 'hlsearch' option. This can be suspended with the |:nohlsearch| command. 151 the 'hlsearch' option. This can be suspended with the |:nohlsearch| command.
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153 When no match is found you get the error: *E486* Pattern not found
154 Note that for the |:global| command this behaves like a normal message, for Vi
155 compatibility. For the |:s| command the "e" flag can be used to avoid the
156 error message |:s_flags|.
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153 *search-offset* *{offset}* 158 *search-offset* *{offset}*
154 These commands search for the specified pattern. With "/" and "?" an 159 These commands search for the specified pattern. With "/" and "?" an
155 additional offset may be given. There are two types of offsets: line offsets 160 additional offset may be given. There are two types of offsets: line offsets
156 and character offsets. {the character offsets are not in Vi} 161 and character offsets. {the character offsets are not in Vi}