for_lists wrote:
I guess I just don't get it.
o<esc> -> 2 key presses
:put_<enter> -> 6 key presses (8 if you count shift)
Why is ':put_' or other variants easier?
-Brian
":put" is an ex-command. I spoke of using o<Esc> at the keyboard, or ":put
=''" in a script. To use o<esc> in a *script*, you must use
norm o^[
(where ^[ is entered by hitting Ctrl-V followed by Esc) or
exe "norm o\e"
which, in both cases, is longer than
put _
(Well, actually :norm o would be enough, but only because ":normal" adds an
implicit Esc to non-terminated commands; and :put is still shorter.) See also
(somewhere else in this thread) how I redefined the ":Iline" user-command to
make it more powerful by means of ":put".
Best regards,
Tony.
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