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From: hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: If you could have anything in vi ...
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Date: 27 Mar 91 15:47:03 GMT
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In article <1991Mar23.204801.11908@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) asks:
>What's wrong with:
>:120,145 yank a

Nothing wrong with that one.

>or (my preference for most range-style commands) set a mark on the first
>line you want, move to the last line and reference the range as (assuming
>mark a is used)
>:'a,. y a

Too much typing.  Why don't you simply say "ay'a ?

I wholheartedly agree that one should use marks rather than line numbers
whenever possible (i.e. always).

>Les Mikesell
>  les@chinet.chi.il.us

Have a nice day,

Hans Mulder	hansm@cs.kun.nl