On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:44:52PM EST, Omar wrote:
> Hi!
> In order to replace one block of text with another I usually follow
> the next sequence of commands:
> * yank/delete commend
> * visual selection
> * put
> This seems a little long for me. Is there a way to decide which text
> to replace without entering into visual mode?
Replace paragrah 3 by paragraph 1:
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| ą cursor in paragraph 1 - delete paragraph 1
| ˛ go to start of paragraph 3
| ł select paragraph 3 and replace by paragraph 1
This takes less than a second.
You're not using a mouse by any chance?
:h motion.txt
CJ
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