In vi p puts what you have yanked with yy at the curent cursor location.
you can also do global substitutions if you are changeing text. You should
create a good cheat sheet until you get used to vi.
Linda
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, john-paul delaney wrote:
> Thanks... Sorry I wasn't specific. I'm using the Vi editor in a terminal (not
>GUI)... without a mouse.
>
> regards
> /j-p.
>
>
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, ABrady wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:41:45 -0100 (GMT+1)
> > john-paul delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied:
> >
> > > Newb question...
> > >
> > > Having previously yanked a word, I now want to replace the word at the
> > > cursor with the one in memory. What's the best way to do this
> > > substitution?
> >
> > Using what?
> >
> > The most common cut & paste method is highlight a word. Even if you
> > don't cut it, it's now in memory. Then place the cursor where you wantit
> > and hit both buttons (2-button mouse) or the middle button (3-button
> > mouse) and it will be pasted.
> >
> > If using KDE or something, there are other variations. So the question
> > is to broad to give a more definitive answer.
> >
> >
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