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From: kevin@ttidca.TTI.COM (Kevin Carothers)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Vi bashing [was: CRISP (yet again)]
Message-ID: <4048@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 14 Mar 89 19:35:32 GMT
References: <587@alice.marlow.uucp>
Reply-To: kevin@ttidcb.tti.com (Kevin Carothers)
Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica
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>1. Vi has great problems in moving text around. If you want to delete
>   a block of text you usually have to count lines. You can use
>   the registers of vi to mark the block and then cut the
>   text - but you usually make a mistake and have to rely on
>   the U or u commands to get it right.

I am continuously amazed at the lack of knowledge about Vi some of the 
people who post to this newsgroup display!

NO, you DO NOT have to count lines! 
Quit posting for a minute and watch my fingers:

1.  Mark the beginning and end of your block of text 
    Lets say the beginning is register "a", and the end is "b".

2.  Enter the following command:
    :'a,'bw !wc -l
           ^
           +---- This space is very important.


If you don't like Vi, fine. 
Just don't post untrue junk about it.

Hope this adds to the discussion
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Kevin Carothers   !{csun,psivax,rdlvax}!ttidca!kevin

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