Re: VI question

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From: Bob Zimmerman
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 00:00

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dattier@sashimi.wwa.com (David W. Tamkin) wrote:

>As Oleg said, you can use `` to go back when that happens, but instead of
>doing that and then using p to add a copy at the end of the original, just
>stay where you are and use P to paste in a copy of the default buffer before
>the original.  Either way you end up with two consecutive appearances of the
>same text, which is what you want.

DUH! (smiling) thanks.. that'll do exactly what I am looking for (not sure why
it didn't occur to me since I always use the yyP to evelope lines with another
... Thanks (as usual) ... :)


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