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Re: VI??? GROSS!

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From: Michael Grabenstein
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:28
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	To move blocks around use the named buffers in vi. Then you
can have up to 26 little clipboards. (vi command: "ayy  Where
a is any lower case alpha letter and yy is the yank command.
Get it back by "ap See isn't that easy? :)

	Moving columns around??? What editor will unless it is a 
word processor that can do columns, then its easy. But in vi
my suggestions would be to use a seperate named buffer for each
line in the column and then place and join. (vi command for
getting jsut characters:  "ayl  a is the same as above and yl is
yank letters, getting easier? :)

	The vi editors that wait for esc to be pressed... Remember
that vi works very differently on different terms and it will
work on just about every term known. Plus every manufacuer of
Unix machines seems like they have to change something in vi
so there is some obscure little difference in theirs verses
Everyone elses.
Later,
	Mike
	mikeg@asylum.gsfc.nasa.gov
	or grabenst@umbc3.umbc.edu
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