Friday, February 19, 2010

Re: Yanking and Refreshing with Ed/Ex

> I'm not sure I qualify for "Ed Ninja" status, just more of a
> grunt in the trenches.

It's all relative. It's possible most Ed users felt like this :).

> my man page (Debian Testing) has
>
>    (.+1)zn Scrolls n lines at a time starting at
>        addressed line. If n is not specified, then
>        the current window size is used. The current
>        address is set to the last line printed.
>
> I don't know when it was added, but I'm pretty sure I've used it
> for at least 7 years.

Yeah, I think it's just that my documentation is old.

> I find that after using Vim for so long, I type the colon
> reflexively without thinking so Q/gQ haven't really ever gained
> me anything.

True. In the end it's just one keystroke extra per command. Which
method is best probably just comes down to personal comfort level.

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