On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 22:42:35 -0400 Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :%s/^/text/ > is all you need.
Showing the regex was also covering the other base which is if the
entire line isn't needed, or repeating text in the line. IE *any regex can go
here*.
> You sure like to do things the hard way!
Actually I prefer the easy 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.
Now tell me the difference between V, v and CNTL-V and how mark would
emulate all three. Hint: It can't emulate the third one. By remembering
which is which one can recall one single letter for the same basic operation
with three different modes. For those who don't know V marks entire lines, v
marks from one character to another character across lines, CNTL-V marks
columns within a line. To my knowledge m cannot mark off columns.
Furthermore I've never had a need to know how to place a mark... ever... in
20+ years of editing on a computer it's never once come up as a useful thing
to me.
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