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@: repeats the last colon command I entered, but also seems to include :write



so often I go through this kind of workflow:



:s/foo/bar
:w


Now I go to another line and want to run :s/foo/bar again, but @: runs :w instead.



Can I get @: to ignore :w?










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  • IIRC “: is readonly; that said, you might (might) be able to accomplish something with a remapping of @: by saving the command string in a global var on Enter at command line (but only for : lines, and only if not write (of which there are many variants))
    – D. Ben Knoble
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  • Write a function named ExecuteLastNotWrite() and map @: :call ExecuteLastNotWrite()<CR>. In the function get the last entry from the history(histget("cmd", -1)). If :w, get the second to last. Then execute the fetched command. See :help histget().
    – Ralf
    Nov 27 at 5:12






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    Do you know that you can repeat the last :s with & (current line) and the last :%s with g& (run substitute over complete file)?
    – Hotschke
    Nov 27 at 8:13















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@: repeats the last colon command I entered, but also seems to include :write



so often I go through this kind of workflow:



:s/foo/bar
:w


Now I go to another line and want to run :s/foo/bar again, but @: runs :w instead.



Can I get @: to ignore :w?










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  • IIRC “: is readonly; that said, you might (might) be able to accomplish something with a remapping of @: by saving the command string in a global var on Enter at command line (but only for : lines, and only if not write (of which there are many variants))
    – D. Ben Knoble
    Nov 27 at 4:39










  • Write a function named ExecuteLastNotWrite() and map @: :call ExecuteLastNotWrite()<CR>. In the function get the last entry from the history(histget("cmd", -1)). If :w, get the second to last. Then execute the fetched command. See :help histget().
    – Ralf
    Nov 27 at 5:12






  • 1




    Do you know that you can repeat the last :s with & (current line) and the last :%s with g& (run substitute over complete file)?
    – Hotschke
    Nov 27 at 8:13













up vote
2
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up vote
2
down vote

favorite











@: repeats the last colon command I entered, but also seems to include :write



so often I go through this kind of workflow:



:s/foo/bar
:w


Now I go to another line and want to run :s/foo/bar again, but @: runs :w instead.



Can I get @: to ignore :w?










share|improve this question













@: repeats the last colon command I entered, but also seems to include :write



so often I go through this kind of workflow:



:s/foo/bar
:w


Now I go to another line and want to run :s/foo/bar again, but @: runs :w instead.



Can I get @: to ignore :w?







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  • IIRC “: is readonly; that said, you might (might) be able to accomplish something with a remapping of @: by saving the command string in a global var on Enter at command line (but only for : lines, and only if not write (of which there are many variants))
    – D. Ben Knoble
    Nov 27 at 4:39










  • Write a function named ExecuteLastNotWrite() and map @: :call ExecuteLastNotWrite()<CR>. In the function get the last entry from the history(histget("cmd", -1)). If :w, get the second to last. Then execute the fetched command. See :help histget().
    – Ralf
    Nov 27 at 5:12






  • 1




    Do you know that you can repeat the last :s with & (current line) and the last :%s with g& (run substitute over complete file)?
    – Hotschke
    Nov 27 at 8:13


















  • IIRC “: is readonly; that said, you might (might) be able to accomplish something with a remapping of @: by saving the command string in a global var on Enter at command line (but only for : lines, and only if not write (of which there are many variants))
    – D. Ben Knoble
    Nov 27 at 4:39










  • Write a function named ExecuteLastNotWrite() and map @: :call ExecuteLastNotWrite()<CR>. In the function get the last entry from the history(histget("cmd", -1)). If :w, get the second to last. Then execute the fetched command. See :help histget().
    – Ralf
    Nov 27 at 5:12






  • 1




    Do you know that you can repeat the last :s with & (current line) and the last :%s with g& (run substitute over complete file)?
    – Hotschke
    Nov 27 at 8:13
















IIRC “: is readonly; that said, you might (might) be able to accomplish something with a remapping of @: by saving the command string in a global var on Enter at command line (but only for : lines, and only if not write (of which there are many variants))
– D. Ben Knoble
Nov 27 at 4:39




IIRC “: is readonly; that said, you might (might) be able to accomplish something with a remapping of @: by saving the command string in a global var on Enter at command line (but only for : lines, and only if not write (of which there are many variants))
– D. Ben Knoble
Nov 27 at 4:39












Write a function named ExecuteLastNotWrite() and map @: :call ExecuteLastNotWrite()<CR>. In the function get the last entry from the history(histget("cmd", -1)). If :w, get the second to last. Then execute the fetched command. See :help histget().
– Ralf
Nov 27 at 5:12




Write a function named ExecuteLastNotWrite() and map @: :call ExecuteLastNotWrite()<CR>. In the function get the last entry from the history(histget("cmd", -1)). If :w, get the second to last. Then execute the fetched command. See :help histget().
– Ralf
Nov 27 at 5:12




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Do you know that you can repeat the last :s with & (current line) and the last :%s with g& (run substitute over complete file)?
– Hotschke
Nov 27 at 8:13




Do you know that you can repeat the last :s with & (current line) and the last :%s with g& (run substitute over complete file)?
– Hotschke
Nov 27 at 8:13










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It seems you basically understand correctly: ": is a readonly register that contains the last executed command. @: will execute this register. Feel free to read up on this: :help ": and :help @.



Further, your issue is that you want to repeat a command but you are issuing a new command in between, :write, which obviously overwrites ":. You ask: "Can I get @: to ignore :w?". Of course, yes, you can define a new command that uses histget() and map it to @:, as is suggested by @Ralf in the comments. However, I will advice that you instead reconsider your own workflow. Instead of changing @:, try to compose repeatable commands. For instance, instead of



:s/foo/bar
:w


write



:s/foo/bar/e | update


Here I've added the e flag, which prevents the substitute command from failing if there are no foos found. Then I use | (:help bar) to add a new command to be executed after, and I use :update instead of :write to only write the file if there is a change.



In my opinion, this is a better solution than changing how Vim works.






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  • that's so long to type out every time, and it relies on me knowing that I will want to repeat a substitute in advance
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It seems you basically understand correctly: ": is a readonly register that contains the last executed command. @: will execute this register. Feel free to read up on this: :help ": and :help @.



Further, your issue is that you want to repeat a command but you are issuing a new command in between, :write, which obviously overwrites ":. You ask: "Can I get @: to ignore :w?". Of course, yes, you can define a new command that uses histget() and map it to @:, as is suggested by @Ralf in the comments. However, I will advice that you instead reconsider your own workflow. Instead of changing @:, try to compose repeatable commands. For instance, instead of



:s/foo/bar
:w


write



:s/foo/bar/e | update


Here I've added the e flag, which prevents the substitute command from failing if there are no foos found. Then I use | (:help bar) to add a new command to be executed after, and I use :update instead of :write to only write the file if there is a change.



In my opinion, this is a better solution than changing how Vim works.






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  • that's so long to type out every time, and it relies on me knowing that I will want to repeat a substitute in advance
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It seems you basically understand correctly: ": is a readonly register that contains the last executed command. @: will execute this register. Feel free to read up on this: :help ": and :help @.



Further, your issue is that you want to repeat a command but you are issuing a new command in between, :write, which obviously overwrites ":. You ask: "Can I get @: to ignore :w?". Of course, yes, you can define a new command that uses histget() and map it to @:, as is suggested by @Ralf in the comments. However, I will advice that you instead reconsider your own workflow. Instead of changing @:, try to compose repeatable commands. For instance, instead of



:s/foo/bar
:w


write



:s/foo/bar/e | update


Here I've added the e flag, which prevents the substitute command from failing if there are no foos found. Then I use | (:help bar) to add a new command to be executed after, and I use :update instead of :write to only write the file if there is a change.



In my opinion, this is a better solution than changing how Vim works.






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It seems you basically understand correctly: ": is a readonly register that contains the last executed command. @: will execute this register. Feel free to read up on this: :help ": and :help @.



Further, your issue is that you want to repeat a command but you are issuing a new command in between, :write, which obviously overwrites ":. You ask: "Can I get @: to ignore :w?". Of course, yes, you can define a new command that uses histget() and map it to @:, as is suggested by @Ralf in the comments. However, I will advice that you instead reconsider your own workflow. Instead of changing @:, try to compose repeatable commands. For instance, instead of



:s/foo/bar
:w


write



:s/foo/bar/e | update


Here I've added the e flag, which prevents the substitute command from failing if there are no foos found. Then I use | (:help bar) to add a new command to be executed after, and I use :update instead of :write to only write the file if there is a change.



In my opinion, this is a better solution than changing how Vim works.






share|improve this answer












It seems you basically understand correctly: ": is a readonly register that contains the last executed command. @: will execute this register. Feel free to read up on this: :help ": and :help @.



Further, your issue is that you want to repeat a command but you are issuing a new command in between, :write, which obviously overwrites ":. You ask: "Can I get @: to ignore :w?". Of course, yes, you can define a new command that uses histget() and map it to @:, as is suggested by @Ralf in the comments. However, I will advice that you instead reconsider your own workflow. Instead of changing @:, try to compose repeatable commands. For instance, instead of



:s/foo/bar
:w


write



:s/foo/bar/e | update


Here I've added the e flag, which prevents the substitute command from failing if there are no foos found. Then I use | (:help bar) to add a new command to be executed after, and I use :update instead of :write to only write the file if there is a change.



In my opinion, this is a better solution than changing how Vim works.







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  • that's so long to type out every time, and it relies on me knowing that I will want to repeat a substitute in advance
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