On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday, January 12, 2013 8:52:50 PM UTC-6, Jack Gates wrote: >> This appears to be the only thing in help that seems to imply you can >> >> yank part of a line. But I can't figure out how to make that work. Am >> >> I wrong about this? Is the only way to yank part of a line in visual >> >> mode only or search and replace if one gets technical? >> >> >> >> *y* *yank* >> >> ["x]y{motion} Yank {motion} text [into register x]. When no >> >> characters are to be yanked (e.g., "y0" in column 1), >> >> this is an error when 'cpoptions' includes the 'E' >> >> flag. > > Many of the responses you got have pointed out that you can 'y' followed by > any number of commands to yank specific text from a line. > > This is true for most normal-mode commands. > > I saw a description once that said using Vim is about having a conversation > with your editor. > > Commands like 'y' and 'd' are "verbs" and motions are the "nouns". 'y' or 'd' > or 'c' or '=' or many other commands all tell Vim what to *do*, but you need > to tell Vim what to *do it on*. > > I may be remembering this writing from the author of the excellent Gundo > plugin (and others), although I can't find a reference to having a > conversation with the editor here: > > http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/
I read one of his blogs about Vim. Thanks for the URL. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
