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Vi move cursor to start of substitution command

If I am doing a long substitution, say:

:%s/<h3>.*<\/h3>/<div class="panel-group" id="accordion" role="tablist" aria-multiselectable="true"><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="headingOne"><h4 class="panel-title"><a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#collapseOne" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls=" collapseOne">\1<\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id="collapseOne" class="panel-collapse collapse in" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="headingOne">/

And I realize I forgot \(\)

around .*

, is there a way to move the cursor back to the beginning of the expression (like control-a on the command line)?

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The home

and keys end

will move the beginning and end of the expression in the line editor.



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You have minimal navigation with the arrow keys and Home/ Endon the command line, but for such huge commands, I prefer to switch to the command prompt window by clicking <C-F>

inside the command line, or type the command q:

instead :

. In this window, you can use all Vim commands to move and edit, and execute and execute through <Enter>

. See :help q:

.



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