Support the semicolon search offset
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- TypeScript
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Description
This allows you to do multiple searches in one, such as /foo/;?bar, which finds the next instance of foo, then from that position, finds the previous instance of bar. This is significantly more complicated than normal search offsets (see #3918), which is why I've split it out into a separate issue.
See this and search for E386 for more details.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading issue #3918 and the Vim pattern documentation around E386 to understand how semicolon search offsets differ from normal offsets. Trace the existing search-offset handling and its tests, then verify that /foo/;?bar finds the next foo and searches backward for bar from that position.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- search, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100