Given that the pattern .\+ is frequently used, is there an abbreviated way of specifying it in Vim Regex?
When you type / you're in command mode. You can remap this by putting this in your .vimrc file:
cnoremap .+ .\+
This means, if you type .+ in command mode, replace it with .\+. You can replace the .+ on the left with anything you want.
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Thank you. What is the significance of your first sentence? ("When you type / you're in command mode.") – Sabuncu Nov 21 '17 at 20:18
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@Sabuncu Well there are lots of mappings. You can change what happens when you're in insert mode, normal mode, command mode, operator-pending mode, etc. I expected that when you typed
/you're in normal mode because you type the/in normal mode. But I was surprised to learn that when you type/you're in command mode. The same mode that you're in when you type:. Therefore, you change this with a command mode mapping, not a normal mode mapping. Type:help map.txtto learn more. – Daniel Kaplan Nov 21 '17 at 20:23 -
Could not get it to work. I am using Vim 7.4 gvim on Windows 10. I ran your cnoremap command in command mode (i.e. I did
:cnoremap...). Then tried using the mapping, and it did not work. – Sabuncu Nov 21 '17 at 20:29 -
@Sabuncu odd. I'm using vim on mac and it works for me. Sorry, not sure why it wouldn't work for you. – Daniel Kaplan Nov 21 '17 at 20:31
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3Be warned: 1) this may add a delay when typing
.when in command line mode 2) This will expand in other places e.g.:grep '.+'. This may not be as you want. Might be able to limit this viacnoremap <expr> .+ getcmdtype() =~ '[/?]' ? '.\+' : '.+'. 3) This could get award if you want to use very magic mode, e.g.\v– Peter Rincker Nov 21 '17 at 21:31
\v, you don't have to escape that+. e.g.,/\v.+. You can put this in your .vimrc file to always use it:nnoremap / /\v– Daniel Kaplan Nov 21 '17 at 18:29