On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:28:27PM EST, Ben Schmidt wrote: >> [*] you can add more than one character, so if you wanted, you could >> get fancy with something like >> >> 40i-=<esc> >> >> to get a nice row of 80 characters like "-=-=-=-...=-=-=-=" but again >> you then have to do the math and divide down. Not grievous, but I can >> count the real-world times I've done that on one hand.
This has a flavor of déja-vu, Tim.. The more I think about it, the more it sounds like it was you who gave out this tip initially.. I thought.. nice.. and then was never able to remember it properly. > Or you can start taking down a receipt number without pushing i, as I > did last week. I typed 1011 before realising it hadn't appeared on the > screen. So then I pushed i and typed the whole 13-digit number, and when > I hit <Esc> I got 1011 copies of it, all running together as I had typed > no spaces or newlines or anything. Brilliant! There's 12 KB right there! > > Was that too off-topic? Well, the OP certainly appears to have lost interest.. if that's anything to go by.. :-) cj -- 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
