On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 05:36:29PM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri November 23 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > When was the last time we had a questio from someone wondering how do do > > something in ed? > > maybe BUT... when you use VI, you can still do the ":" commands that are ed > based.. > I use them all the time, I just got so used to them, I never ask questions > about them.. > :1,$s/whatever/whichever/g >
:%s/what/which/g % is short for everyline. saves two keystrokes!! to the OP, I don't know of one, but wouldn't be surprised if it exists. Maybe there is something appropriate on usenet? What I find interesting is the movement (one that I'm caught up in) to a more CLI based operation the X environment. Using xmonad, wmii or other keyboard based WM's using largely cli based apps within x-terms. COnnecting witha community like that may suit your needs more. X is still involved and pertinent, but it is not the focus so much as it would be within a more general user community like this. A
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