[vim/vim] Built-in Substitution Live Preview Option or Plugin (Issue #14868)
Peter Benjamin
Is your feature request about something that is currently impossible or hard to do? Please describe the problem.
When performing more complex substitutions in Vim (e.g. , :s, :%s , :'<,'>s), it is difficult to preview the outcome before executing the command.
Being able to preview substitutions live before executing the command can help identify issues & typos (e.g. & vs \&) in regex patterns early and allow users to fix them before executing the command.
Describe the solution you'd like
A built-in Vim option or a built-in Vim plugin to enable substitution live previews.
Describe alternatives you've considered
- Neovim users have
'inccommand'option. - Vim users have traces.vim plugin.
Additional context
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Quan Nguyen
This is discussed 2 years ago here. Although I would love to have this built in.
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