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>I agree. I though vi was used for editing programs and text files.  If
>any one is looking for something which allows selecting rectangle
>blocks and columns, shouldn't they be using a word processor or a
>spread sheet???  
>

No. For those who do scientific calculations, block manipulation is very
helpful in constructing the input, output files. Sometimes I need to
analyze something and I need these data from several places in a file.
The word processors don't help because they don't allow you to have 150
colunms. As for the spread sheet, I can do much better than that. For
me, I don't think it's very useful, unless you are business minded
(no flame please).

BTW, vi can manage blocks fairly easily.




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