Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:00:05 -0500 From: Rajarajan Rajamani <r.rajamani@gmail.com> To: Johan@double-l.nl, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi set comment # Message-ID: <4af955a20902200700q21fedab4w764c5f114279052b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <499EC3BE.7020105@polands.org> References: <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB5DE58A@w2003s01.double-l.local> <499EC3BE.7020105@polands.org>
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On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> wrote:
> Johan Hendriks wrote:
>>
>> How can i in vi set a # on multiple Lines to comment out some text.
>>
>> I know it must be a simple thing but i can not seem to get it right.
>>
>> Like in a config file i have the following
>>
>> define service{
>> use generic-service
>> host_name w2003hk03
>> service_description Explorer
>> check_command check_nt!PROCSTATE!-d SHOWALL -l
>> Explorer.exe
>> }
>>
>> And now i want to set a # to all the 6 lines.
>>
>> Thanks for your time
>> Regards,
>> Johan
>
>>
>
> This question is really more germane to a VIm mail list
> (http://www.vim.org/) , but I'll tell you how'd I'd do it.
>
> First, turn on line numbers --
>
> :set nu
>
> :3,8s/^/#/
>
> That's all there is too it. BTW, VIm help is your friend
>
OR just mark the block visually and then do a
:'<,'> s:/^/#/
the '<,'> will appear automatically as soon as you hit : after marking
the visual block.
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