Re: Marking lines for deletion

I usually delete blocks like

V j j j d

by the way, you could use "conditional deletion" 

:g/^> /d

will delete all lines, starts with `> `

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:10 AM, LuKreme <kremels@kreme.com> wrote:

On 28-Apr-2010, at 12:53, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
> I use VIM for editing mails. Often I must trim responses, but I do not
> know in advance how many lines. Is there a way to mark "start delete",
> then J my way down to the last line, and there to active the delete?

Press 'v' then used the movement keys to select the text you want to delete, and hit 'd'


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