On Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 08:08 Sven Guckes <[email protected]> wrote: > * Igor <[email protected]> [2020-09-19 12:55]: > > I have the following sample text file: ... > > *REPLACE RULE:* > > I need to replace string "aaa" with "bbb" > > only in paragraphs that starts with "XXX". > > :g/^XXX/?^$?,/^$/s:aaa:bbb:g > > i wish i could write that with less characters. ;) > > Sven >
I can't think of a more efficient way. The only suggestion is to perhaps replace the last 'g' with a 'ge' on the off chance that a paragraph doesn't contain the text so that the whole thing won't give an error message. Salman > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CANuxnEdwssZCjK_hpJKJ_25oGnMnq1HRsToug1%3DoO8P1ODs-eg%40mail.gmail.com.
