vi editor

[Brad Bonkoski]

My stab, although it may not be the *best* and only way..


Kevac Marko wrote:
> By the way, what is the best method to copy some text from one 
> position in the file to another position?
>
> While using the simple method of mouse copy\paste we emphasize two 
> problems:
>
> 1. We have to delete text from previous position using dd
move your cursor in position
press <esc>
press v (for visual mode)
Highlight what you want to move (with the arrow keys)
press the d button (to delete it)

move to what you want it
press the p button (to paste/put it)
>
> 2. If we copy text with tabs and than paste it, there are some 
> additional tabs appearing
Usual this is from the *sometimes* nice auto-indent feature.
:set noai
will turn it off.

-Brad