hello, > The bang command has an equivalent in vi.
this is the same command indeed but the ergonomy is quite different: vi don't "generate" the begining of a command including the range so we can't just delete a char and edit. > The closest you > can get to executing the same replacement via a vi command is using the > & command which operates on one line. i forgotten & (not that useful in vim) but yes! now you reminds me, it makes perfect sense to use it in nvi. thanks. marc
