From 33c63b1cdccbb24e6dbaba0c045ed7e2fbb1ba7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edvin Hultberg <hultberg@mittnett.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:17:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Call backwardsScanInBufferRange for :%s

---
 lib/ex.coffee | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ex.coffee b/lib/ex.coffee
index e026b96..df78b6d 100644
--- a/lib/ex.coffee
+++ b/lib/ex.coffee
@@ -367,7 +367,10 @@ class Ex
 
     editor.transact ->
       for line in [range[0]..range[1]]
-        editor.scanInBufferRange(
+        # Following some simple testing and reading the atom docs
+        # calling backwardsScanInBufferRange is a better solution.
+        # https://atom.io/docs/api/v1.18.0/TextEditor#instance-backwardsScanInBufferRange
+        editor.backwardsScanInBufferRange(
           patternRE,
           [[line, 0], [line + 1, 0]],
           ({match, replace}) ->