In Neovim, when I type :%s/foo then the current buffer changes to have all instances of foo removed, basically giving a preview of the change. Coming from standard Vim, I find this confusing and it's also very slow for large files. How can I disable this behavior?
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Set :h inccommand to an empty string.
let &inccommand = ""
From :h inccommand:
When nonempty,
inccommand, shows the effects of:substitute,:smagic,:snomagicand user commands with the:command-previewflag as you type.
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Great, thanks! I noticed another very related issue and thought you might have an idea (otherwise I'll start a new question)? When I type
/fooit nicely highlights all matches and doesn't change the scroll position but when I do:%s/foothen it scrolls to the first match even while I'm still typing. Is there a way to instead scroll to the next match (just like/foo)?– danijarAug 15, 2022 at 8:26 -
1First: the reason any search (including substitute) command scrolls is because of
:h incsearch. If you search for a word which is outside the current view of the window, it will scroll. Second: the reason%s/fooscrolls differently from/foois because you are matching from the beginning of the file, not from current line downward. The behavior you're asking for can be achieved with:,,$s/foo(see:h :range). But that would of course only substitute from the current line to the last line; not the whole buffer. If you think about it, it makes sense.– 3N4NAug 15, 2022 at 8:45