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From: dolf@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Dolf Grunbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: A vi question
Message-ID: <1117@ssp11.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 23 Aug 90 06:58:41 GMT
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In article <2394@root44.co.uk> gwc@root.co.uk (Geoff Clare) writes:
<Somebody asked:
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<>>> > I need to do the following in vi.
<>>> > ccccoooossss -> cos
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<[ stuff deleted about how to use sed to deal with it ]
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<or, if the backspaces from nroff emboldening are still there:
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<    1G!Gsed 's/\(.\)^H\1^H\1^H\1/\1/g'
<
<(where ^H is entered using CTRL-V CTRL-H).
This can be done in plain vi by typing:

	%s/^H.//g

As the backspace sequence is used only to reprint the preceding character and
with this command all duplications are removed.
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