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Alternating between the two patterns seems to work! \(abc.*\)\@<!bird\|bird\(.*xyz\)\@! As a bonus, you can enable the very magic mode with \v to avoid backslashes! The resulting expression is ...
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Quasímodo
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2022-06-10T11:07:24Z (over 2 years ago)
Alternating between the two patterns seems to work!
\(abc.*\)\@<!bird\|bird\(.*xyz\)\@!
As a bonus, you can enable the very magic mode with `\v` to avoid backslashes! The resulting expression is equivalent but easier to type.
\v(abc.*)@<!bird|bird(.*xyz)@!
For reference: `:help /bar` and `:help \v`.