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From: stanj@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Stan Jaffe)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: VI: Positioning the cursor ("|") from within a macro doesn't work.
Message-ID: <8000003@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
Date: 13 Jun 91 18:52:31 GMT
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Organization: HP Network Measurements Div, Santa Rosa, CA
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How about using the UNIX utility ADJUST?   ADJUST is a simple text formatter
that allows centering, setting margins, justifying text, etc.  You can use
it from VI interactively also.  If you want to take a paragraph of text and
set up the right margin for 72 characters just type:


     {!}adjust -m72

{        moves cursor to the start of the paragraph
!}       writes out the paragraph to an external utility and replaces text
         with the output from that utility.
adjust   the name of the utility
-m72     sets the right margin to 72.  All line wrapping is done automatically.

There are a lot of other nice features in ADJUST.  If you run the above and
find for some reason it didn't turn out as planned, just type u.  (u will
undo the adjust command).

I have mapped this to a key in my .exrc file.  Use control-M for the return
key:

map ^A  {!}adjust -m72 ^M

Good luck,

Stan Jaffe    A.K.A.   stanj@sr.hp.com
HP Santa Rosa, Calif.

		     "Not responsible for any opinions but my own"
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