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From larryhsu@mtl.mit.edu (Lawrence Hsu)
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Subject: Paragraph wrapping in VI
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Date: Fri, 29 May 1992 19:41:54 GMT
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Is there a relatively simple way of wrapping paragraphs in vi?
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What I often want to do is wrap several short lines into fewer longer lines
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without having to "J" them all together and then insert carriage returns.
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Many thanks,
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Larry Hsu
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larryhsu@mtl.mit.edu
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From hashmi@cse.uta.edu (Atiqullah Hashmi)
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Subject: Re: Paragraph wrapping in VI
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Date: Sat, 30 May 1992 23:41:07 GMT
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In article <1992May29.194154.18364@athena.mit.edu> larryhsu@mtl.mit.edu (Lawrence Hsu) writes:
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>Is there a relatively simple way of wrapping paragraphs in vi?
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>What I often want to do is wrap several short lines into fewer longer lines
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>without having to "J" them all together and then insert carriage returns.
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Go to the first line of a paragraph and break that line where you
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want the right margin. Then go to the starting of the first line(col. 1)
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of that paragraph and do these things:
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press a '!'
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press a ']'
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Here your cursor will go to the bottom of screen and '!' will appear, then
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type 'fmt'
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Note: Don't type any quotes as I have shown above, I used them for
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clarity. Also, this method works for one paragraph only, so you will
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have to do for each paragraph if you have more than one.
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Hope it helps
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hashmi
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Atiqullah Hashmi
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UTA (Univ. of Texas at Arlington)
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hashmi@cse.uta.edu
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From dylan@ibmpcug.co.uk (Matthew Farwell)
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Subject: Re: Paragraph wrapping in VI
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Date: Sun, 31 May 1992 14:22:12 GMT
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In article <1992May30.234107.8048@cse.uta.edu> hashmi@cse.uta.edu (Atiqullah Hashmi) writes:
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>In article <1992May29.194154.18364@athena.mit.edu> larryhsu@mtl.mit.edu (Lawrence Hsu) writes:
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>>Is there a relatively simple way of wrapping paragraphs in vi?
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>>What I often want to do is wrap several short lines into fewer longer lines
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>>without having to "J" them all together and then insert carriage returns.
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>Go to the first line of a paragraph and break that line where you
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>want the right margin. Then go to the starting of the first line(col. 1)
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>of that paragraph and do these things:
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>
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>press a '!'
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>press a ']'
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^
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> Here your cursor will go to the bottom of screen and '!' will appear, then
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>type 'fmt'
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Of course, he means '}' here.
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Dylan.
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--
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It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As
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pretty as an Airport' appear -- Douglas Adams
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From agc@bnr.ca (Alan Carter)
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Subject: Re: Paragraph wrapping in VI
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Date: 2 Jun 92 10:31:38 GMT
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In article <1992May29.194154.18364@athena.mit.edu>, larryhsu@mtl.mit.edu (Lawrence Hsu) writes:
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|> Is there a relatively simple way of wrapping paragraphs in vi?
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|> What I often want to do is wrap several short lines into fewer longer lines
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|> without having to "J" them all together and then insert carriage returns.
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The vi command you need is
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:1,$!adjust
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The ! pumps the specified lines out to the standard in of the chosen program,
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catches the standard out and replac |