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- From: hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder)
- Subject: Re: VI??? GROSS!
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- Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- References: <1992Oct28.162607.5613@sunvax.sun.ac.za> <1992Oct28.214551.21668@wixer.cactus.org> <LYT86XN@math.fu-berlin.de> <brandy.721585760@tramp.Colorado.EDU> <1992Nov16.082002.26122@cadlab.sublink.org>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:33:38 GMT
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- In <1992Nov16.082002.26122@cadlab.sublink.org> martelli@cadlab.sublink.org (Alex Martelli) writes:
- >Yes, or, more generally, go to the first character you want, type ma,
- >go to the last chaacter you want, type mz, and now typing: "a`ay`z
- >will yank this arbitrary block into named-buffer a,
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- Yes, but it's simpler to skip the mz, and yank the block by typing "ay`a ....
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- >or "a`ad`z will delete the same block into named-buffer a;
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- So will "ad`a ....
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- >placing the cursor anywhere and typing: "ap, or "aP, will place the
- >named-buffer contents after, resp. before, the cursor.
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- --
- Hope this helps,
-
- Hans Mulder hansm@cs.kun.nl
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