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(vip)Searching and Replacing

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Searching and Replacing
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   Following commands are available for searching and replacing.

`/ STRING <RET>'
     Search the first occurrence of the string STRING forward starting
     from point.  Given a count N, the N-th occurrence of STRING will
     be searched.  If the variable `vip-re-search' has value `t' then
     "regular expression" search is done and the string matching the
     regular expression STRING is found.  If you give an empty string
     as STRING then the search mode will change from vanilla search to
     regular expression search and vice versa (`vip-search-forward').

`? STRING <RET>'
     Same as `/', except that search is done backward
     (`vip-search-backward').

`n'
     Search the previous search pattern in the same direction as before
     (`vip-search-next').

`N'
     Search the previous search pattern in the opposite direction
     (`vip-search-Next').

`C-s'
     Search forward incrementally.  See GNU Emacs Manual for details
     (`isearch-forward').

`C-r'
     Search backward incrementally (`isearch-backward').

`R STRING RET NEWSTRING'
     There are two modes of replacement, "vanilla" and "regular
     expression".  If the mode is vanilla you will get a prompt
     `Replace string:', and if the mode is regular expression you will
     ge a prompt `Replace regexp:'.  The mode is initially vanilla, but
     you can toggle these modes by giving a null string as STRING.  If
     the mode is vanilla, this command replaces every occurrence of
     STRING with NEWSTRING.  If the mode is regular expression, STRING
     is treated as a regular expression and every string matching the
     regular expression is replaced with NEWSTRING
     (`vip-replace-string').

`Q	STRING RET NEWSTRING'
     Same as `R' except that you will be asked form confirmation before
     each replacement
     (`vip-query-replace').

`r CH'
     Replace the character point is looking at by the character CH.
     Give count, replace that many characters by CH
     (`vip-replace-char').

The commands `/' and `?' mark point before move, so that you can return
to the original point by `` `'.