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[ale] vi foo
- Subject: [ale] vi foo
- From: fd0man at gmail.com (Michael B. Trausch)
- Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:32:20 -0400
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Jim Popovitch wrote:
>
> Here's the answer... sent via private email so I'll respect the author's
> desire to remain secluded for now.
>
> Anyway, in vi all you have to do is open the file and type the number of
> characters you want to advance, then press the space bar. For example,
> vi /etc/hosts, then type "101" followed by the SPACE bar. You should
> now be at the 101st character in the file.
>
Works in vim -- but beware, because it doesn't seem to work on any of
the "classic" versions of vi that I tried (FreeBSD and SunOS's vi only
goes to the end of the line).
-- Mike
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Michael B. Trausch <fd0man at gmail.com> - Jabber: fd0man at livejournal.com
Demand freedom: Use open and free protocols, standards, and software.
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