vi Question

[tbohon]

I thought I remembered, from the dim reaches of my overfull memory, that it was possible to block out lines in a text file using vi and then delete/move/cut/copy them as a single entity. However, nothing I've tried and I don't see anything in 'man vi' that gives me a clue.

Thoughts/suggestions?

Tnx.

Tom

"My mind is like a steel whatchamacallit ...

 

[PHV]

I often use the m and ' commands.

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[mrregan]

maybe you are thinking of yank and put:

http://www.netads.com/~meo/useful/vi/vi.rm.html

 

[tCarls]

It sounds like you're thinking about folds, although they only work in vim, not vi. To create folds, first "set foldmethod=manual", then use "zf" to fold text. If you're editing a C file you can use "set foldmethod=syntax" to have vim create the folds for you. Use "zo" to open a fold and "zc" to close. See ":help fold" for more info.

 

[mrn]

Not sure we fully understand your requirements but take a look at

http://www.bo.infn.it/alice/alice-doc/mll-doc/linux/vi-ex/node23.html

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

 

[p5wizard]

Well, if it's not in man, it's bound te be in google...

I googled for vi mark block:

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~petersd/vi.html

HTH,

p5wizard