Tests for string and html text objects. vim: set ft=vim : Note that the end-of-line moves the cursor to the next test line. Also test match() and matchstr() STARTTEST :so small.vim /^start:/ da" 0va'a'rx 02f`da` 0fXdi" 03f'vi'ry :set quoteescape=+*- di` $F"va"oha"i"rz :" /^ first match) :put =matchstr(\"abcd\", \".\", 0, -1) " a :put =match(\"abcd\", \".\", 0, 5) " -1 :put =match(\"abcd\", \".\", 0, -1) " 0 :/^start:/,/^end:/wq! test.out ENDTEST start: "wo\"rd\\" foo 'foo' 'bar' 'piep' bla bla `quote` blah out " in "noXno" "'" 'blah' rep 'buh' bla `s*`d-`+++`l**` b`la voo "nah" sdf " asdf" sdf " sdf" sd -asdfXasdfasdf- -asdXasdfasdf- -asdfXasdfasdf- -asdXasdfasdf- end: