Tim Chase posted a clever little :substitute command on Twitter: Had some regex with lots of repeated \d in them like \d\d\d\d Converted them all to \d{n} notation in vim using :%s!\%(\\d\)\{2,}!\='\d{'.(strlen(submatch(0))/2).'}'!g Just in case it's useful for anybody else. — Tim Chase (@gumnos) May 18, 2023 As always, my instinct was immediately to see if you can do it as a macro1. You can. Here’s how: qqqqq/\v(\\d)+\zs\\dEnterc2l{2}Esc@qq@qqq/\\d{\d}{2}EnterCtrl-All3x@qq@q (Yes, this i...
