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From: yuf@sequent.UUCP (Kyle Grieser)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Some VI macros and ideas
Message-ID: <40722@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 15 Aug 90 23:15:25 GMT
References: <3309@stl.stc.co.uk>
Reply-To: yuf@crg2.UUCP (Kyle Grieser)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
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In article <3309@stl.stc.co.uk> jrd@stl.stc.co.uk (J.R.Davis) writes:
>F8 and F9 are especially useful for transferring text between
>two files - for example
>
>    vi file1
>    go to start of block to move
>    F3
>    go to end of block to move
>    F8
>    F5
>    :wq
>    vi file2
>    go to place you want text from file 1
>    F9
>
>Voilla!

This is much easier done within the same vi session as follows:

	vi file1
	go to begining of block
	mm		/* mark place */
	go to end of block
	"ay'm		/* yank into buffer "a" */
	:n file2
	go to place you want text from file 1
	"ap		/* put contents of "a" buffer */*/

Macros can be used fo the marking, yanking and putting, but I just
wanted to point out that one doesn't need the intermediate temp
file and two vi sessions as vi retains it's named buffers between
files.  This is also nice because one can now do the following:

	:w		/* write the changes to file2 */
	^^		/* control-^ to switch back to file1 */
	move to another block to move
	mm
	go to end of block
	yank again
	^^ again	/* switch back to file2 */
	place new stuff
	...
	...
	...

This can be repeated for quite a while when taking numerous blocks
from one file to another.

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