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Article #1385Re: Overstrike mode in vi. Is there a way?
From: Bill Campbell
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 16:37
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 16:37
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In <1992Sep25.153244.3116@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> sutton@dart.ece.cmu.edu (Peter Sutton) writes:
:In article <1992Sep25.061224.14545@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, frechett@spot.Colorado.EDU (-=Runaway Daemon=-) writes:
:|>Ok, I can do overstrike mode in Emacs, tpu, any word processor, and a couple
:|>other editors. Can anyone think of a clever way to do overstrike mode
:|>in vi without knowing how many characters I need to type over to
:|>begin with? An example would be to have an ascii border drawn around
:|>the edge of the screen filled in with just spaces. If I wanted to
:|>enter something in the center of the screen in the equivalent of
:|>overstrike mode.... is there a way to do it?
:Simple: use 'R' (replace characters)
Or R as in R(ead the manual :-).
Bill
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