richt@meaddata.com (Rich Thompson) (05/09/91)
Is there any command in VI which will execute a "~" on every character on the current line to the right of the current character? Thanks for any info anyone can give. Rich -- --- I bet you were expecting a disclaimer here, weren't you? Richard Thompson CE Systems Evolution Mead Data Central richt@meaddata.com P.O. Box 933 ...!uunet!meaddata!richt Dayton, Ohio 45401
tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) (05/09/91)
From the keyboard of richt@meaddata.com (Rich Thompson):
:Is there any command in VI which will execute a "~" on every
:character on the current line to the right of the current
:character?
map = y$mno^V^[P:s/./\~/g^V^M0"nDdd`n@n
you probably don't need the ^V's if this is in your
.exrc instead of just typed in.
--tom
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Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist
"So much mail, so little time." weimer@garden.ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer (253-7796)) (05/10/91)
In article <1991May09.160949.12305@convex.com>, tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: |> From the keyboard of richt@meaddata.com (Rich Thompson): |> :Is there any command in VI which will execute a "~" on every |> :character on the current line to the right of the current |> :character? |> |> map = y$mno^V^[P:s/./\~/g^V^M0"nDdd`n@n Neat! So now we can do (from my new .exrc file): " extensions for ~ command " macro called by all ~ macros map ~_ mno^[P:s/./\~/g^M0"nDdd`n@n map ~$ y$~_ map ~w yw~_ . . . But using these brought up some interesting "features" 1) When I used the original = macro (even when I renamed it ~$), I could make one change to a line (let's say Line1), but the next 2 attempts to change Line1 failed with a beep (apparently at the `n). Every third attempt worked properly. If I changed Line1, then X other lines with the macro, I could then change Line1 again (Too lazy to figure out X). The 'u' command before changing Line1 the second time would undo all of the changes (not just the last one). If I use the = macro first, the ~$ macro above exibits (I think there's an 'h' in there somewhere) the same behavior. If I use the ~$ macro, I can modify the same line multiple times. 2) With both the original macro and my modified version, The ~ for the last character does not get executed until after the cursor is moved or another command is given. So if I start with: abcdefg ^ cursor here and do ~$, I get abCDEFg ^ cursor here Moving the cursor changes the g first. BUT typing ~ gives: abCDEFG ^ cursor here and now after moving the cursor it changes to: abCDEFg Assuming these are not universal for all implementations of vi, I am running SunOS 4.1.1 on a Sparc I+ with Version SVR3.1 of vi. Happy Debugging... weimer@ssd.kodak.com ( Gary Weimer )
rosen@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (steven.b.rosen) (05/11/91)
In article <1991May10.165948.9707@ssd.kodak.com>, weimer@garden.ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer (253-7796)) writes: > > In article <1991May09.160949.12305@convex.com>, tchrist@convex.COM (Tom > Christiansen) writes: > |> From the keyboard of richt@meaddata.com (Rich Thompson): > |> :Is there any command in VI which will execute a "~" on every > |> :character on the current line to the right of the current > |> :character? > |> > |> map = y$mno^V^[P:s/./\~/g^V^M0"nDdd`n@n Heres another way to skin this cat that I think is easier. :. s/./\u&/g ^^^--------change every char (.) with the uppercase of . You can also do \l to flip to lower case. Finally there is a whole bunch of things you do with the "search string" such as.. :1,$ s/\<./\u&/g ^^^--------find the char at the start of a word and flip its case to upper. ...steve... ---------------------------------------- Steve Rosen attmail!srosen srosen@attmail.com ----------------------------------------
tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) (05/11/91)
From the keyboard of rosen@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (steven.b.rosen): :In article <1991May10.165948.9707@ssd.kodak.com>, weimer@garden.ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer (253-7796)) writes: :> :> In article <1991May09.160949.12305@convex.com>, tchrist@convex.COM (Tom :> Christiansen) writes: :> |> From the keyboard of richt@meaddata.com (Rich Thompson): :> |> :Is there any command in VI which will execute a "~" on every :> |> :character on the current line to the right of the current :> |> :character? :> |> :> |> map = y$mno^V^[P:s/./\~/g^V^M0"nDdd`n@n : :Heres another way to skin this cat that I think is easier. : : :. s/./\u&/g : ^^^--------change every char (.) with the uppercase of . : : You can also do \l to flip to lower case. : Finally there is a whole bunch of things you do with the : "search string" such as.. : : :1,$ s/\<./\u&/g : ^^^--------find the char at the start of a word : and flip its case to upper. the problem with your solution is that you lose the cursor position and do it to the whole line. mine goes through contortions to maintain this. : :. s/./\u&/g that would be much more efficiently executed as :. s/.*/\U&/ --tom -- Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist "So much mail, so little time."
richt@meaddata.com (Rich Thompson) (05/14/91)
Tom Christiansen sent me his solution a day or so ago and it worked for me most of the time. Unfortunately, unless I was in the first column of a line, the dang thing would beep (which really annoyed me!). So I played with it until I got a version that doesn't beep. It is a couple of more steps and may not be efficient but works just the same. Here is is: map = mno^[`ny$j0P:s/./\~/g^M0"nDdd`n@n`n Rich -- --- I bet you were expecting a disclaimer here, weren't you? Richard Thompson CE Systems Evolution Mead Data Central richt@meaddata.com P.O. Box 933 ...!uunet!meaddata!richt Dayton, Ohio 45401