Re: vi Qustion
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 09:25, Jake Johnson wrote:
> I used to be able to use the arrow keys to move around with out any
> problems, but know when I move (with the arrow keys after pressing "i") to
> the beginning of the line I have to press I again. How do I change it so
> that I don't always have to press "i"? I hope that wasn't too confusing.
>
> example
>
> vi test.txt
> (hit i for inserting)
> bbbbbb
> bbbbbb
> bbbbbb
> (my problem is when I want to insert the letter "a" in font of each line
> abbbbb
> abbbbb
> abbbbb
The easiest way to do this is to type:
A [insert at the beginning of the line]
<text><ESC>
j [moves down one line]
. [re-does the last command]
This will work in both vi and vim.
rgh
>
> Hope this makes sense. I know this is a bit picky.
>
> Regards,
> Jake Johnson
> jake@plutoid.com
>
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