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From: dans@hplsla.HP.COM (Dan Siler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Centering lines in vi
Message-ID: <5520004@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Sep 89 18:00:04 GMT
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Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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> Does anyone know a combination of commands that will center a given line 
> (or better yet, a range of lines) in vi?  
> 
> Rouben Rostamian                               Phone: 301 455-2458

I think your best bet is to use an external text formatting command. My
system has a command called "adjust" that I call from a key macro when I
want to center a line:

map  ^V^O  ^!}exec adjust -c^M

When I type CTRL-V CTRL-O, the current line is centered. Hope this helps.

Dan
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