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From: mpatnode@polyslo.UUCP (Mike Patnode)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Query-replace on VI
Message-ID: <2217@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: 4 May 88 16:22:18 GMT
References: <2587@geac.UUCP> <27909@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <86@skep2.ATT.COM> <393@aiva.ed.ac.uk>
Reply-To: mpatnode@polyslo.UUCP (Mike Patnode)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <393@aiva.ed.ac.uk> ken@uk.ac.ed.aiva (Ken Johnson,E32 SB x212E) writes:
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>>>  Does anyone know if VI has the query-replace function?  
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>>2)	:g/foo/s//BAR/gc		### works in ex-mode
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>Works, but it is not a query-replace; it is a global replace.
>As far as I can see there is no way to do a query-replace in `vi',
>but if that is so it's a serious omission.
What are you talking about?  When I use the following command:

:g/is/s//isn't/c

On this article, I get a little line at the bottom of the screen like this:

Distribution: 
  ^^

Now if I type a y, followed by a return it will replace the occurance.
Anything else followed by a return (nothing included) will skip the
occurance.  Try it. Now if that isn't a query-replace then what is?
If your vi doesn't do this then you bought a lemon.

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