> i disagree with your premise that only vim has the vigor to > modify your super special file. all you need is f and f*. > f transforms your source into something easy to edit in acme. > f* transforms it back into the original form. easy peasy. > or, you can write a simple program that edits the file > directly. there are so many ways to do this, and i'm just > too lazy to list them all. > > - erik
Alright. Such 'f, f*' has already been proposed and shown, most clearly, by yy at the beginning of this thread. I agree it is functional and perhaps sufficient for now. Let's consider this finished. (Until I come up with some even more compelling argument in favor of counted repetition...) Ruda
