On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 11:49:01AM +1300, Rik Tindall wrote:
> >load this email into vi, and type:
> >:%s/a\ few/two/g
> one can see the changes implemented (or not), without extra commands.
> More editing is then more efficient.
> Presumably % prepares vi to accept a(n ed) script.
no, that is what the : does
the % is to apply the command to the whole file instead of the current
line.
> This adds to understanding of unix modularity in construction.
it is not really modularity since ed is built right into vi.
this is actually more of a demonstration of improving and merging
existing stuff instead of writing things from scratch.
> I'll never regret having learnt enough vi to be happy in it, from Chris
> Sawtell.
well, i am using vi for 8 years or so now and i am still not happy with
it. i am just to lazy to learn and use multiple editors and switch and
keep mixing up things, so when at one time i was occaionally forced to
use vi because nothing else was available i decided to make the best out
of it and stick with it. occasionally i did have to switch back to emacs
which is the editor i had learned first, to do stuff that i had not
figured out in vi yet.
greetings, martin.
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