dolf@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Dolf Grunbauer) (10/13/89)
I wanted to duplicate a word somewhere in the middle of a sentence.
The command I used was:
df Pp
(There is a space between the 'f' and 'P')
After having noticed I required a lot of these duplications, I defined:
:map v df Pp
Invoking the macro `v' did not do the job: the word is only preceeded by
a `p', leaving the cursor at the space after the involved word.
Apparently the word is deleted (by the `df '), put back (by the `P')
and the `p' is inserted in the front. This really puzzles me. Why is p
inserted (there is no `aAiI') and why in the front (at the back seems a
more logical place as that is where the cursor is) ?
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Dept. SSP, P.O. Box 245, 7300 AE Apeldoorn, The Netherlandsrostamia@umbc5.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian) (10/15/89)
In article <273@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> dolf@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Dolf Grunbauer) writes: > >I wanted to duplicate a word somewhere in the middle of a sentence. >The command I used was: > df Pp >(There is a space between the 'f' and 'P') >After having noticed I required a lot of these duplications, I defined: > :map v df Pp >Invoking the macro `v' did not do the job: the word is only preceeded by >a `p', leaving the cursor at the space after the involved word. >Apparently the word is deleted (by the `df '), put back (by the `P') >and the `p' is inserted in the front. This really puzzles me. Why is p >inserted (there is no `aAiI') and why in the front (at the back seems a >more logical place as that is where the cursor is) ? The vi macros apparently do not handle yank and put of partial lines very well. You would run into the same problem if you defined a macro to yank and put a partial line into a named buffer (as in "xy$"xp or in "xy`m"xp). However, full lines are handled correctly (as in "xyy"xp or in "xy'm"xp). I do not know if this is a peculiarity of vi in Ultrix -- I am running Ultrix on a DECstation3100 -- or if it is an inherent bug in vi. Rouben Rostamian Phone: 301 455-2458 Department of Mathematics e-mail: University of Maryland Baltimore Counnty rostamian@umbc.bitnet Baltimore, MD 21228 rostamian@umbc3.umbc.edu
steinbac@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Gunter Steinbach) (10/18/89)
This must be a bug in your implementation.
As a macro or otherwise, 'df Pp' works fine for me in HP-UX 6.2 on an
HP9000/350 workstation. I dimly remember related problems, though, some
years and OS versions ago.
No plug for HP intended.
Guenter Steinbach | hplabs!gunter_steinbach
| gunter_steinbach@hplabs.hp.comkevin@ttidca.TTI.COM (Kevin Carothers) (10/19/89)
In article <62420007@hpl-opus.HP.COM> steinbac@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Gunter Steinbach) writes: > > This must be a bug in your implementation. > > As a macro or otherwise, 'df Pp' works fine for me in HP-UX 6.2 on an > HP9000/350 workstation. I dimly remember related problems, though, some > years and OS versions ago. Mine works too. This doesn't, tho: :map ^A ddjjjp (A) Obviously, I'm simply moving the current line down 3 lines. This gives the message "Cannot put inside global/macro". But this DOES work: :map ^A 0d$P I am NO VI internals expert, but the most obvious reasoning is that VI can't scroll the screen from inside a macro. Armed with this basic (maybe erroneous) assumption, I can get something like "(A)" above to work by the following: :map ^A ma3jo^[mb'ad$'bp [...Aren't macros fun? :)] ^ ^ -------------> Please, I know these are unnecessary in this example NOW - My questions: 1. This works file on single lines, but simply terribly on entire paragraphs. Does anyone have macros (hopefully straightforward ones) to move Multiple lines/blocks from within a macro? 2. Does anyone have any ideas on ways to pass parameters to macros? Is there a version of VI that does? -- Kevin Carothers {philabs,csun,psivax}!ttidca!kevin
maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) (10/21/89)
kevin@ttidca.TTI.COM (Kevin Carothers) writes:
\...
\ :map ^A ddjjjp (A)
:map ^A :m+2^V^M
Especially for macros `ex' commands are worth learning too.
\... "Cannot put inside global/macro".
Vi's implementation is sick.
\ 1. This works file on single lines, but simply terribly on entire
\ paragraphs. Does anyone have macros (hopefully straightforward ones)
\ to move Multiple lines/blocks from within a macro?
Something along the lines of this:
:map v {jma}kmb:'a,'bm'c^V^M
This will put the current paragraph (without surrounding empty lines) below
the line marked `c'.
\ 2. Does anyone have any ideas on ways to pass parameters to macros? Is there
\ a version of VI that does?
You could let the user enter the parameters on a new line, and delete this
line into a register, to be executed with the `@<a-z>' command.
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A symbolic link is a POINTER to a file, | Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam:
a hard link is the file system's GOTO. | maart@cs.vu.nl, mcsun!botter!maartallbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) (10/24/89)
As quoted from <7036@ttidca.TTI.COM> by kevin@ttidca.TTI.COM (Kevin Carothers): +--------------- | NOW - My questions: | 1. This works file on single lines, but simply terribly on entire | paragraphs. Does anyone have macros (hopefully straightforward ones) | to move Multiple lines/blocks from within a macro? +--------------- Have you considered using :t ? Remember, you have all of "ex" available for use as well as most of "vi". +--------------- | 2. Does anyone have any ideas on ways to pass parameters to macros? Is there | a version of VI that does? +--------------- I don't think so. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@NCoast.ORG uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu bsa@telotech.uucp 161-7070 (MCI), ALLBERY (Delphi), B.ALLBERY (GEnie), comp-sources-misc@backbone [comp.sources.misc-related mail should go ONLY to comp-sources-misc@<backbone>] *Third party vote-collection service: send mail to allbery@uunet.uu.net (ONLY)*