Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:45:46 -0800 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi question Message-ID: <20100219214546.GC29816@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <89925.34821.qm@web52106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <89925.34821.qm@web52106.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, Feb 19, 2010, gahn wrote: >Hi, all: > >How could I use vi to repeat a word, say, 100 times in the same line, of >course with a space in between? Use a repeat count. The following is generated by this: 20a thisword<ESC> thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword thisword I use this frequently to generate sequences of characters when laying out forms. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 When we must wait for Washington to tell us when to sow and when to reap, we shall soon want bread -- Thomas Jefferson
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