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Article #2485Re: Arbitrary text blocks (Was: VI??? GROSS!)
From: Leslie Mikesell
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:33
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:33
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In article <1992Nov17.145011.24541@Princeton.EDU> bvaughan@sheps.Princeton.EDU (Barbara Vaughan) writes: > 1 | 23 | >-----+----+ > | | > 3 | 45 + >-----+----+ > >I can get rid of those vertical bar columns in a jiffy with a good >editor, so that I can do the rest of the job of making a nice document in >WordPerfect. I don't understand... WordPerfect does columns nicely. Even though the highlighted area covers full lines as you move, you can still delete copy or move just the rectangle delimited by the cursor positions when you start the block operation and when you give the command. That's the difference between "block" and "rectangle" operations. Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us
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Newsgroups: comp.editors Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!ncar!uchinews!machine!chinet!les From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) Subject: Re: Arbitrary text blocks (Was: VI??? GROSS!) Message-ID: <BxwCrE.1AH@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX References: <1992Nov16.065935.27173@rc.nokia.fi> <1992Nov16.221338.42264@datamark.co.nz> <1992Nov17.145011.24541@Princeton.EDU> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:33:14 GMT Lines: 19