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Oh this is what that is! I accidentally reach this mode now and then and wonder how I got there and what it does. I must be accidentally pressing q: instead o
by india 14y ago
Oh this is what that is! I accidentally reach this mode now and then and wonder how I got there and what it does. I must be accidentally pressing q: instead of :q ! This is great and useful. Thanks!
- antidoh 14y agoThat's exactly how I found it, by accident. I think a lot of people do.
- wmwong 14y agoSame here. You can also do q/ which gives you the history of your searches.
- pyre 14y agoYou can get to search history mode this way too. E.g.: q/ - Search string history q: - Ex cmdline history q? - Search string history Also note that if you normally use Ctrl-C to exit Insert mode, that fails here as Ctrl-C will close the history buffer. You need to use Escape or Ctrl-[.