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From: hsiegel%jsbach.prime.com@relay.cs.ne (Howard Siegel 4-2390 x4064)
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Subject: Re:  Vi
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Date: 7 Jun 89 04:10:39 GMT
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Thomas Hoyt <cvbnet!decvax!ddn-wms.arpa!thoyt> asks:
>   Can Vi reformat a paragraph, justifying it properly(left, right, or
>centered)?  I hate editing text when I have to rejustify the right
>margin by hand after deleting or adding to a line at the top of a
>paragraph.

"Vi" itself cannot, but in combination with (for instance) "fmt" it can.
Suppose that your paragraph spans lines 12-19 after your addition. Then
the ("ex") command
	:12,19!fmt
will justify your paragraph, and not allow any line to exceed 72
characters (the default for "fmt").  You can, of course, use other
"fmt" options to modify this behavior.

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