--- title: "💭 Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-edito..." description: "!https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/2232" date: 2024-10-08 published: true tags: - helix - thought template: link ---
Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-editor/helix — Support regex substitution, comparable to vim :s or VSCode search & replace. I propose supporting regex replacements for selection s, files/, and the workspace scopes <space> + /. This could be acc...
Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-editor/helix
Support regex substitution, comparable to vim :s or VSCode search & replace. I propose supporting regex replacements for selection s, files/, and the workspace scopes <space> + /. This could be acc...
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I am a heavy user off substitutions in vim, helix does not substitutions built in, rather it leans on multicursor support. to replace every instance of hello with world in vim ``` text :%s/hello/world/g ``` and in helix you would ``` text %shellocworld, ``` !!! note This post is a thought. It's a short note that I make about someone else's content online #thoughts