On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 07:29:10PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2003 12:23:21 +1000
> Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The easiest way to do this is to type:
> > A [insert at the beginning of the line]
> > <text><ESC>
> > j [moves down one line]
> > . [re-does the last command]
> >
> > This will work in both vi and vim.
>
> Ungh. You're the second person to advocate the stupid home keys. That
> isn't easy. Point me to a keyboard made in the last 20 years without them.
> Hell, even my *PALM* keyboard has them!
>
> And you're wrong, that isn't the easiest way. Assuming that all the text
> is the entire file:
>
> %s/\(.*\)/text\1/g
Ungh! (to coin a word)
:%s/^/text/
is all you need.
> If it isn't change the % to the appropriate range markers (which in vi I
> am unfamiliar with). In vim that would be V to start marking the entire lines
> then just highlight the lines, then :s/\(.*\)/test\1/g. vim will insert the
> appropriate markers for the marked text ({,} iirc) for the range for s to use.
You sure like to do things the hard way!
Lower case 'm' sets a mark so type 'ma' at one end of the range and 'mb'
at the other end and then (the single quote goes to a mark):
:'a,'bs/^/text/
Works in vi and vim.
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