Hi,
Ivan Vecerina wrote:
>
> I sometimes want to repeat a sequence of operations
> like I would repeat a single command.
> For example, I can repeat with '.' something like:
> gI//<ESC> {is a single operation '.' repeats all}
> But I cannot as easily repeat:
> 02r/ { '.' will repeat the 2r/ , but not the move to 0 }
>
> [ Let's not focus on the example sequence I am using here,
> I do know that there are other ways to comment a line ]
>
> The obvious choice to repeat multiple operations is to record
> a macro (for example: qq02r/q ), and replay it with @q.
> Unfortunately, '.' after @q only replays the last action
> within the macro, not the whole macro execution.
> So I have to repeatedly type two awkward keys (@q) instead
> of being able to use the dot command to repeat the whole
> sequence of operations.
> [ I wonder why this behavior was chosen. Is there any
> way to have '.' repeat the whole macro instead ? ]
you can use @@ to repeat the execution of the last macro.
Regards,
Jürgen
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