Question

In normal mode to open the Find-Replace window with the word under cursor

map <leader>f :promptrepl <c-r><c-a><cr>

Now, I want something similar but with the visual selection instead of the word under the cursor, like

vmap <leader>f <y><Esc>:promptrepl <c-r>0<cr>

but this gives me the error E73: tag stack empty

Any advise appreciated

Answer 1

You’re doing it correctly, except that you have an extra pair of < > in your map.

vnoremap <leader>f y<Esc>:promptrepl <c-r>0<cr>

I’m not sure if there is another way to retrieve the visually selected text. Of course, you could append a register to your yank, one that’s rarely used for you (say "ny), so you don’t mess with your register 0. Then change the <c-r>0 to <c-r>n.