[Linux-disciples] vim: selecting lines matching a pattern

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 03:22:22PM -0500, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
>> I always forget sed syntax, but there is a way to specify a range based on
>> regexps, and then specify an operation on that range, which I believe could
>> include a 'join' type operation. I'd have to muck around in the sed manpage
>> for a while to get the syntax right, though.
> I've basically always thought that sed and vim had identical
> search-and-replace syntax, such that if it were possible in
> vim it would be possible in sed.
> There's probably a way to do it in Perl as well. I mean, I
> could fake something involving the '..' operator ...

It's certainly do-able in vim. It would just be a sort of hack, at least the
way I would do it. Something like:

:map __1 /<p><cr>V/<\/p><cr>Jj__1
:map _1 gg_1

This would cause _1 to map to the action of doing what you desire.

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