wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (04/08/90)
I'd like to make macro that reliably backs up by the ends of words, in the manner the 'b' does at the beginning. My first attempts have not worked well, for reasons that become clear once you try it ;-} Any suggestions? -- A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu & no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335
itkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List) (04/13/90)
wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) writes: >I'd like to make macro that reliably backs up by the ends of >words, in the manner the 'b' does at the beginning. My first >attempts have not worked well, for reasons that become clear >once you try it ;-} clearly :map -- be doesn't work since it returns you to the beginning of the current word and then moves you to the end of that word. But why not :map -- BBE The only time this won't work is when the prior word is a single letter. So what! In most other cases it works perfectly. Or doesn't this qualify for David's definition of "reliably"? -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ : Steven List @ Transact Software, Inc. :^>~ : : Chairman, Unify User Group of Northern California : : {apple,coherent,limbo,mips,pyramid,ubvax}!itkin@guinan.Transact.COM :