From 57608dd23b6be224c74a03f2d27112b9b08f4816 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Ryder Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 22:03:42 +1300 Subject: First version --- README.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b779fc --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +regex\_escape.vim +================= + +This plugin provides normal and visual mode mapping targets to insert escaping +backslash characters before regular expression metacharacters for text selected +by a motion, as a quick way to put a literal string into a regular expression +context. + +It's useful generally as a shortcut, but the author particularly likes it for +keeping track of backslash-heavy expressions where counting gets tiresome. + +For example, in the default BRE mode, this string: + + foo * ^bar $\ baz \ quux + +Becomes: + + foo \* \^bar \$\\ baz \\ quux + +License +------- + +Copyright (c) [Tom Ryder][1]. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself. +See `:help license`. + +[1]: https://sanctum.geek.nz/ -- cgit v1.2.3