Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by caioariede 4829 days ago
Note that this will replace over the entirely lines even if it's a blockwise selection.

So you might consider using :'<,'>s/\%Vthis/to that/g
1 comments
weaksauce 4828 days ago
It might be a setting or something but it definitely doesn't do that on my machine or the linux machine I have in the cloud.

this ipsum dolor sit amet

this ipsum dolor sit amet

this ipsum dolor sit amet

this ipsum dolor sit amet

this ipsum dolor sit amet

select the middle 3 lines and do what I said will give you:

this ipsum dolor sit amet

to that ipsum dolor sit amet

to that ipsum dolor sit amet

to that ipsum dolor sit amet

this ipsum dolor sit amet

link