Neovim: using the substitute command with a blank pattern does not use the last search
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Description
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Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (choose one):
Environment:
- VSCode Version: 1.18.0
- VsCodeVim Version: 0.10.2
- OS: macOS 10.13
What happened:
With the document:
This is a test document
Search: /test
Substitute: :%s//good
Got document:
This is a test document
What did you expect to happen:
Expected document:
This is a good document
How to reproduce it:
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in VSCodeVim using the document, /test search, and :%s//good substitute command described above. Trace the substitute-command handling and verify that the expected document changes to “This is a good document”; no source file or test is named in the issue, so locating the relevant entry point is part of the work.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- neovim, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100