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Article #3235Re: Paragraph Re-Formating in vi
From: Scott Horne
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1988 13:25
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1988 13:25
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From article <2226@copper.SDP.TEK.COM>, by jackd@copper.SDP.TEK.COM (Jack Decker):
> I know you vi can do wrapped margins when you are initially entering
> text, but is there any way to force it to reformat the paragraph if
> you add or delete text to a paragraph that already exists?
Yes, but it requires an external program called `fmt'.
Go anywhere within the paragraph you want to format, then type this:
{!}fmt<cr>
The <cr> represents "carriage return".
`fmt' should be in your /usr/ucb directory.
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