[lug] Vim discovery

[Ken Scott]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Chip Atkinson wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I was trying to replace a pattern and got it wrong.  Normally I retype 
> the whole expression.  However, I tried the up arrow key from the : 
> command line.  The replacement command popped up.  Wow.  Now I just back 
> up and fix the part.
> 

Same thing works for searches. Press the '/' and then the up arrow and you
will see your past few searches. The number that are remembered is
controlled by your viminfo file (:h viminfo)

Ken

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