Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:21:04 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: minor vi/vim qstn Message-ID: <20130926002104.GA12932@ethic.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20130926002327.6502d1b9.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20130925212741.GA19434@ethic.thought.org> <20130926002327.6502d1b9.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:23:27AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:27:41 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > 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. > > To repeat the last command, "." can be used. > > The vi editor (and probably vim and gvim) supports > according to "man vi": > > [Vi]i[sual][!] [+cmd] [file] > Vi mode only. Edit a new file. > > Is this what you're searching for? I THOGoHT it was "!", but lookit: pts/14 17:11 <tao> [5010] vi sent pts/14 17:11 <tao> [5011] vi! zsh: command not found: vi! pts/14 17:12 <tao> [5012] ....... this is vi == vim. AHA:: found it. it's [bang]<commant> pts/14 17:17 <tao> [5016] vi sent pts/14 17:17 <tao> [5017] !v I'll tell ya, if vi disappeared , I'd end it all! tx. gary > Or do you refer to command lines where "@:" would repeat the -N T- 34/41: P> last command (started with ":")? > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- 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
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