ken@turtlevax.UUCP (Ken Turkowski) (01/13/85)
When in vi visual or open mode, try typing a tilde (~): it converts
from upper to lower case and vice versa, advancing the position of the
cursor in the process.
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Ken Turkowski @ CADLINC, Menlo Park, CA
UUCP: {amd,decwrl,nsc,seismo,spar}!turtlevax!ken
ARPA: turtlevax!ken@DECWRL.ARPArobert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) (01/16/85)
>< > When in vi visual or open mode, try typing a tilde (~): it converts > from upper to lower case and vice versa, advancing the position of the > cursor in the process. I discovered this nifty feature a couple of weeks ago. It was described in the vi documentation (SysV R.2). robert -- Robert Viduya Office of Computing Services Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332 Phone: (404) 894-4669 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!robert ...!{rlgvax,sb1,uf-cgrl,unmvax,ut-sally}!gatech!gitpyr!robert
abm@hlwpc.UUCP (A. B. Myers) (01/16/85)
<<<>>> I tried responding to the poster, but the mail came back undelivered. Perhaps this is worth posting anyway. The original poster claimed he'd found an undocumented vi feature, the tilde (~), which changes upper case to lower and vice versa. In fact, this neat command IS documented in a brochure copyrighted by Cscapes, P.O. Box 2233, Everett, WA 98203 The brochure fan-folds out from a tiny (2X7 inches) size. Very handy. The last page says, Other C & UNIX References are published by: Specialized Systems Consultants, P.O. Box 7, Northgate Station, Seattle, WA 98125-0007 Phone 206-FOR-UNIX... and it lists these titles: C Reference Card, C Library Reference for UNIX, UNIX Command Summary, VI Reference (This card), and Custom References. A.B.Myers AT&T Bell Laboratories
Greg McGary <lcc.gm@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA> (01/19/85)
> When in vi visual or open mode, try typing a tilde (~): it converts > from upper to lower case and vice versa, advancing the position of the > cursor in the process. Unfortunately, the `~' command doesn't want to move ahead when prefixed by a repeat factor. It just sits there and converts the same character N times! Sh?t! Greg McGary Locus Computing Corp. lcc!gm@ucla-cs {ihnpr,randvax,sdcrdcf,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!lcc!gm {trwspp,ucivax}!ucla-va!ucla-cs!lcc!gm trwb!lcc!gm
conde.osbunorth@XEROX.ARPA (01/21/85)
It's documented in some Berkeley manuals, so you may want to pick them up to get info on other commands you may not have in your documents. Incidentally, it does not work like general commands. For example, you cannot say "~w" to make the word upper/lower case. Most other standard commands folloow the command-movement convention.
mrg@ptsfa.UUCP (Maria Gonzalez) (01/23/85)
> > When in vi visual or open mode, try typing a tilde (~): it converts > > from upper to lower case and vice versa, advancing the position of the > > cursor in the process. > > Unfortunately, the `~' command doesn't want to move ahead when prefixed by > a repeat factor. It just sits there and converts the same character N times! > > Sh?t! > > Greg McGary > Locus Computing Corp. > lcc!gm@ucla-cs > {ihnpr,randvax,sdcrdcf,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!lcc!gm > {trwspp,ucivax}!ucla-va!ucla-cs!lcc!gm > trwb!lcc!gm Yes, unlike most of vi commands this one cannot be prefixed by a number. mrg