> hello, i use vim to weed out large chunks of email so can quote > [hopefully] the relevant bits. My method is :x,yd this is fine until i > get one of the values wrong, then i may have deleted 10 more lines > than expected. In the vim documentation i have found how to undo edits > to one line but how can i restore a load of text ive delted? has it > gone into some random buffer? > In command mode type the u key to undo that command. The p key will paste the deleted lines, starting at the line under the cursor. This is assuming that you haven't copied or deleted anything else.
note: All the delete commands use a default buffer. But since it's always the same, any copy or delete command will overwrite the previous one in the buffer. -- Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
