Re: Yank part of line?

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Ben Fritz <fritzophrenic@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, January 12, 2013 8:52:50 PM UTC-6, Jack Gates wrote:
>> This appears to be the only thing in help that seems to imply you can
>>
>> yank part of a line. But I can't figure out how to make that work. Am
>>
>> I wrong about this? Is the only way to yank part of a line in visual
>>
>> mode only or search and replace if one gets technical?
>>
>>
>>
>> *y* *yank*
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>> ["x]y{motion} Yank {motion} text [into register x]. When no
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>> characters are to be yanked (e.g., "y0" in column 1),
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>> this is an error when 'cpoptions' includes the 'E'
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>> flag.
>
> Many of the responses you got have pointed out that you can 'y' followed by any number of commands to yank specific text from a line.
>
> This is true for most normal-mode commands.
>
> I saw a description once that said using Vim is about having a conversation with your editor.
>
> Commands like 'y' and 'd' are "verbs" and motions are the "nouns". 'y' or 'd' or 'c' or '=' or many other commands all tell Vim what to *do*, but you need to tell Vim what to *do it on*.
>
> I may be remembering this writing from the author of the excellent Gundo plugin (and others), although I can't find a reference to having a conversation with the editor here:
>
> http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/

I read one of his blogs about Vim. Thanks for the URL.

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