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From: gregg@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Wonderly)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: vi-like
Message-ID: <9838@ihlpb.ATT.COM>
Date: 10 Mar 89 23:46:02 GMT
References: <415@corpane.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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From article <415@corpane.UUCP>, by sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks):
> well, dw is not so bad, but let's look at some of the other commands:
> 
> dd = delete line (why? why not dl?)

d followed by any keystroke that moves the cursor deletes the region
that the cursor traverses (y, c, < and > act the same way too).  So dl
deletes one character or 5dl deletes 5.  'x' internally is just a macro
of dl.

> ZZ = end edit and save file (!!!!)

Spare keys probably

> $ = end of file

... and end of line.

All through UN*X, '$' means last or end of something, it is pretty
orthognal in that respect.

> A = insert begining at end of line !?!?!

Try append... it is a macro for '$a'...

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Gregg Wonderly                             DOMAIN: gregg@ihlpb.att.com
AT&T Bell Laboratories                     UUCP:   att!ihlpb!gregg