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From: sct@alpha.lanl.gov (Stephen Tenbrink)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: vi format command
Keywords: paragraph vi editor
Message-ID: <964@alpha.lanl.gov>
Date: 11 Sep 89 22:55:15 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Is there a technique for reformatting a paragraph when using vi?  Sometimes
when one has deleted and added text to a paragraph the lines no longer end
near the right side of the screen.  Some editors such as EDT have a
technique of selecting the whole paragraph and then entering a command to
reformat the whole paragraph.  The word wrap margin is used to set the
right hand margin.

I'm sure there is a way to do this easier than inserting 'returns' and
using the 'J' command.  Does anyone have an answer?