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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 07:03:25AM +0200 I heard the voice of
Andreas Klemm, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> Most favourite example:
> I personally still get mad if it comes to the "u" undo key.

I miss :N.  You have to :split and then :n separately.


> Standard vi lets you toggle your last change by hitting "u".
> 
> From my experience you cannot recover from such a mistake.

You need redo (^R) to do the same in vim.


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