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From jafo@miranda.accum.com (Sean Reifschneider)
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Subject: Re: vi - deleting a block of text
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Date: Sat, 29 May 1993 00:50:39 GMT
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In article <1993May28.033037.18425@trl.oz.au> soh@tmp_ip_003.trl.OZ.AU (Soh Kam Hung) writes:
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>mimit@benji.Eng.Sun.COM (Mimi Tam) writes:
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>>What is the easiest way in vi to delete a block of text without knowing
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>>the line numbers and without knowing how many lines are in the block?
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>Note: <X> is the name of the mark, a letter in a-z.
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That's what I usually do. The other option of course is if you're using elvis,
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you can go to the place you want to start the block, type 'v', and it does
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reverse marking. You can then move around using the movement keys and type
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a command at the end of the block. I prefer ma, d'a myself.
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Sean
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--
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"Love is a lot like war... Easy to start but hard to finish."
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Sean Reifschneider, Supreme hack
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jafo@accum.com
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From mimit@benji.Eng.Sun.COM (Mimi Tam)
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Subject: vi - deleting a block of text
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Date: 27 May 1993 20:25:59 GMT
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Reply-To: mimit@benji.Eng.Sun.COM
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What is the easiest way in vi to delete a block of text without knowing
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the line numbers and without knowing how many lines are in the block?
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Thanks.
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-Mimi Tam-
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From soh@tmp_ip_003.trl.OZ.AU (Soh Kam Hung)
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Subject: Re: vi - deleting a block of text
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Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 03:30:37 GMT
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mimit@benji.Eng.Sun.COM (Mimi Tam) writes:
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>What is the easiest way in vi to delete a block of text without knowing
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>the line numbers and without knowing how many lines are in the block?
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Note: <X> is the name of the mark, a letter in a-z.
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1. Move the cursor to the start of the required block of text. Type
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m<X> to store the cursor position in mark <a>.
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2. Move the cursor to the end of the block. Type:
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d'<X> - delete to the line containing the mark.
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or d`<X> - delete to the character at the mark.
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Regards,
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--
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Soh Kam Hung, Network Management Research, | h.soh@trl.oz.au
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TRL, POB 249 Clayton, Victoria
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