> > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 12:24:13PM -0700, jennyw wrote: > > > I always thought vim was just another vi with a few extras. I > guess it's got > > > more than a few extras ... I'm installing it now. It'll be nice > to try > > > something familiar ... > > > > > > Jen > > > > Some of the features include syntax highlighting, support for the > arrow > > keys whilst in edit mode, and straight from vi, regular > expressions. > > > > In terms of HTML though, where you nearly always want non-greedy > > matches, can someone remind me how I do this. Web searches > invariably > > turn up "and you can use regular expression in vim, perl and blah. > You > > may want non-greedy expressions, in which case, try blah in Perl!" > and > > -perl will turn up the same page with perl5, and so on. An example from "A Practical Guide to the UNIX System" (by Mark G. Sobel) suggests using /([^)]*)/ to match the shortest string enclosed within parentheses. It means, "Find a left parenthesis, followed by 0 or more things that are NOT a right parenthesis, followed by a right parenthesis." The expression /(.*)/ would find the longest string of 0 or more characters enclosed within parentheses. So the trick would be to construct the correct expression using the beginning and ending characters or strings... HTH, Valerie ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
