fault in * in perl files (.pl)

[Chris Willis]

Hi

in .pl files vim includes colon (:) in the identifier character set. This is sort of reasonable, as perl identifiers include those of the form /\w+::\w+/ .

Unfortunately this prevents search finding the next relevant entry in (where the search is started with a * on intl1.):

$intl1 = $intobl + 1 ; # new 12 Jan 2021
s/(\d+)/$1==4?$intl1:$row/eg ; # revised 12 Jan 2021

Can this be changed to only accept double colons as part of an identifier in a * search?

regards - Chris

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[Paul-7]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 03:24:52PM +0000, '[hidden email]' via vim_use wrote:

>in .pl files vim includes colon (:) in the identifier character set.
>This is sort of reasonable, as perl identifiers include those of the
>form /\w+::\w+/ .
>
>Unfortunately this prevents search finding the next relevant entry in
>(where the search is started with a * on intl1.):
>
>     $intl1 = $intobl + 1 ; # new 12 Jan 2021
>     s/(\d+)/$1==4?$intl1:$row/eg ; # revised 12 Jan 2021
>Can this be changed to only accept double colons as part of an
>identifier in a * search?

No. The subject you're looking for is :help 'iskeyword', and see 'isfname' for its format. It's a list of single characters that consist a keyword, there's no "but not a double character" option, unfortunately.

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[Chris Willis]

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Subject: Re: fault in * in perl files (.pl)

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 03:24:52PM +0000, '[hidden email]' via vim_use wrote:

in .pl files vim includes colon (:) in the identifier character set. This is sort of reasonable, as perl identifiers include those of the form /\w+::\w+/ . Unfortunately this prevents search finding the next relevant entry in (where the search is started with a * on intl1.): $intl1 = $intobl + 1 ; # new 12 Jan 2021 s/(\d+)/$1==4?$intl1:$row/eg ; # revised 12 Jan 2021 Can this be changed to only accept double colons as part of an identifier in a * search?

No. The subject you're looking for is :help 'iskeyword', and see 'isfname' for its format. It's a list of single characters that consist a keyword, there's no "but not a double character" option, unfortunately.

Hi Paul

thanks for that. I've added an au FileType perl set iskeyword-=: to my .vimrc. I can live with adjusting the / if I need fully qualified identifiers. (Probably very rarely). The possibility of missing a real match is a real problem.

regards - Chris
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