Hi!
I would position the cursor on the line you want to copy and do
0v$y
0: move the cursor to the beginning of the line
v: start visual mode
$: move the cursor to the end of the line
y: yank the selection
Best wishes,
Georg
--- Meino Christian Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using vim 7.0.42 on a Linux system.
>
> I want copy a complete line of text *without+ the final LF at the
> end, so it is possible to insert it elsewhere in the midth of text.
>
> With
>
> Shift-V
>
> I get the line *with* the LF at the end -- so I can not use that.
>
> With
>
> y/<last character of the line><RET>
>
> I get the line without the LF but the last character is also missing.
>
> With
>
> y/$<RET>
>
> I get the line without the LF but the last character is missing again.
>
>
> :set selection<RET>
>
>
> gives me the default ("inclusive").
>
>
> What did I wrong ?
>
> Kind regards,
> mcc
>
>
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