On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 03:50:16PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> 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. >> "visual mode" works well for this too -- use "v" plus cursor-movement commands to select the text, then "d" or "D" to delete it. -- -- blm
