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In article Larry W. Virden (lvirden@cas.org) writes:
>b) vi does indeed not EASILY permit "arbitrary blocks of text".  For instance,
>there is no single simple _vi_ command to allow one to take text such as:
>
>
>Time		Cost		Purpose
>
>4 mins		$2.50		Cycles of processing
>2.5 mins	$1.75		Pages of print

Does any editor allow the user to manipulate truly arbitrary blocks of
text? Vi prefers whole lines of text, some editors permit rectangular
blocks of text, but I have yet to see one that enables me to work with
arbitrary blocks.

Please enlighten me, dear net-friends. Is there an editor that groks
blocks like the one below?

***************.-------------------+**************************
****************\******************|********************************
*****************\*****************|****************************
******************\**********.-----+***********************
*******************\**********\*******************************
********************`-----+****\**************************************
**************************|*****\**************************
**************************|******|**************************
**************************+------+****************************

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