Re: vi editor

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On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 22:30 +0200, Kevac Marko wrote:
> By the way, what is the best method to copy some text from one
> position in the file to another position?
> 
> While using the simple method of mouse copy\paste we emphasize two
> problems:
> 
> 1. We have to delete text from previous position using dd 
> 2. If we copy text with tabs and than paste it, there are some
> additional tabs appearing

Delete it with some variation of dd - numberdd to delete some number
of lines, or the ex mode d which takes any of the usual range selections
(:line#,line#d, or :.,/pattern/d, etc.), then go where you want it and
use P or p to put it before or after the cursor location respectively.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesll@xxxxxxxxx



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