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From: ken@aiva.ed.ac.uk (Ken Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Block copy on Vi
Message-ID: <449@aiva.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 17 May 88 10:40:44 GMT
References: <2587@geac.UUCP> <27909@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <86@skep2.ATT.COM> <393@aiva.ed.ac.uk> <52205@sun.uucp> <408@aiva.ed.ac.uk> <653@ubu.warwick.UUCP>
Reply-To: ken@uk.ac.ed.aiva (Ken Johnson,E32 SB x212E)
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Organization: Dept. of AI, Univ. of Edinburgh, UK
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In article <653@ubu.warwick.UUCP> nwho@diamond.UUCP (Nick (Alfie)
Holloway) writes:

>And a final question, how do I copy a marked section. I can move using
>	:`a,`bm.
>(or whatever for addresses)
>but if I wish to copy do I have to yank then put?

Use `t' (transfer) e.g.  :10,20t30 copies lines 10 to 20 inclusive to
just after line 30. 
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