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Article #2997Re: vi or elvis HIGH-LIGHT
From: nicholas.hounsome
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:49
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:49
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From article <1993Jan8.202201.5236@ge-dab.GE.COM>, by lamastus@sundew.dab.ge.com (Patrick Lamastus): > Hi!, > > Is there any way to high-light text in vi or elvis. > > What I want to do is delete, paste or copy high-lighted text. > > Patrick > lamastus@sunny.dab.ge.com In elvis use v (char) or V (lines) eg. If I was at the start of the previos line and wanted "use v" I would type ww to move to the start of "use". "v" starts highlighting and "ee" movement commands extend the selection to the "v". "d" then deletes this highlighted text. I think that it is quite neat although to be honest I don't use it much 'cos I am an old hand at vi. Something to watch is that the display can be confusing if you have a block cursor 'cos it looks like you have one less character selected.
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Newsgroups: comp.editors Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewsc!cbfsb!cbnewsg.cb.att.com!nh From: nh@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (nicholas.hounsome) Subject: Re: vi or elvis HIGH-LIGHT Message-ID: <1993Jan12.084917.20409@cbfsb.cb.att.com> Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com Organization: AT&T References: <1993Jan8.202201.5236@ge-dab.GE.COM> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:49:17 GMT Lines: 21