On Jul 13, 8:03 pm, nooj <[email protected]> wrote: > the biggest underestimate comes when I do more than three or > four repetitions. I have to physically COUNT the number of times I want to > repeat, and to do that I hit the down key that many times, counting them up, > and then I hit the up key to go back. THEN I have to type in the number, > @q, and see if it worked. About 25-30% of the time it doesn't (miscount, > mis-typed macro, whatever), and so I have to hit u, and repeat. This > becomes FAR more keystrokes, far more thinking, and far more time than if I > just did one edit, one cursor movement sequence, and started hitting . until > I got to the end. >
If your recorded macro ends by moving you to the next line to act on, you can just hold down @ until you get near the end, then release it and proceed more carefully. That's how I often do it, if I don't feel like using :normal @q on a visual selection. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
