Support regex substitution command · Issue #2232 · helix-edito...
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!https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/2232

Date: October 8, 2024

Image: 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... <https://opengraph.githubassets.com/6070a27597ac258b977bcb6e14aad6075dc9a5bba312a6b515fc74353a5b7731/helix-editor/helix/issues/2232> 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... GitHub · github.com

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

```
:%s/hello/world/g<CR>
```

and in helix you would

```
%shello<CR>cworld<ESC>,
```