From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 25 21:29:20 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FB4D66C for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 21:29:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from p3plsmtpa06-07.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa06-07.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.192.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B5A25F8 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 21:29:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ethic.thought.org ([209.180.213.209]) by p3plsmtpa06-07.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with id VZTc1m00N4XeM0101ZTcHu; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:27:37 -0700 Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:27:41 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: minor vi/vim qstn Message-ID: <20130925212741.GA19434@ethic.thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 21:29:20 -0000 Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. folks, am I misremembering this feature, or didnt vi have a syntax where you typed something like: % vi[#] or % vi [-2] [or vi [-N] to repeat the last or the second from last command? with my shoulder sore bloody sore I need to save every key stroke. TIA, y'all, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-seven years of service to the Unix community. http://www.thought.org/HOPE