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RE: vi
- From: "Robinow, David" <drobinow at dayton dot adroit dot com>
- To: 'Robert Mark Bram' <relaxedrob at optushome dot com dot au>, Cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:37:23 -0400
- Subject: RE: vi
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Mark Bram [mailto:relaxedrob@optushome.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:22 AM
> To: Cygwin
> Subject: vi
>
>
> Howdy all!
>
> I am still a great fan of my gui text editor, Ultraedit, but
> I am trying to
> get to know vi so I can truly compare them.
>
> I found this about copy in vi's help system:
>
> :[range]co[py] {address} *:co* *:copy*
> Copy the lines given by [range] to
> below the line
> given by {address}.
>
> Does the address refer to a line number here? Is there a way turn line
> numbers on?
>
> Does vi allow for a simple copy/cut and paste?
>
> I read the section for wrap too - so I can turn wrapping on
> and off easily,
> but it didn't make sense to me. How do I turn this option on and off?
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