From: Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek <hramrach@...>
Date: 2005-02-15T04:21:25+09:00
Subject: Re: (OT) Programmer's editors for the Mac

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 04:10:00AM +0900, Trans wrote:
> 
> Thomas Kirchner wrote:
> > It has to be said.  Gvim :)  If you already know vi, it's the
> > only way to fly.
> 
> I use vi/vim for quick/light editing. But I don't understand how others
> use it as their main editor. And I don't say this lightly: I even
> bought a book on using vi/vim. Yet I still often hear how "wonderous"
> it is if one does.
> 
> So tell me this, how does one copy and paste without counting lines?
> Using n+yy & p (where n is some number) for a few lines is okay, but
> beyond that...

There are other movement commands than hjkl, my favourite are %} but I
did not investigate much of the possibilities..

Also when I am lost I often do something like 10j 10j 4j d24k which is
still faster than grabbing the mouse.

Thanks 

Michal Suchanek