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Re: VI??? GROSS!

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From: Hans Mulder
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:33
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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,

Yes, but it's simpler to skip the mz, and yank the block by typing "ay`a ....

>or "a`ad`z will delete the same block into named-buffer a;

So will "ad`a  ....

>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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