I want to search for $maximumTotalAllowedAfterFinish
and replace it with $minimumTotalAllowedAfterFinish
. Instead of typing the long text:
Typically, you would do that with mouse selecting (perhaps CtrlIns or CtrlC after selecting) and then, when in the command/search line, middle-clicking (or ShiftIns or CtrlV).
Another way, is to write your command/search line in the text buffer with all the editing available in text buffers, starting with :
and all, then, on the line, do:
"add@a
which will store the whole command line in buffer a
, and then execute it. It won't be stored in the command history, though.
Try creating the following line in the text buffer as an example for the key presses above:
:%s/$maximumTotalAllowedAfterFinish/$minimumTotalAllowedAfterFinish/g
Finally, you can enter q:
to enter history editing in a text buffer.