Another Chapter in the vi vs. emacs War

[Dog Walker]

On Feb 4, 2008 10:19 AM, Rick Bowers <rwbowers at gmail.com> wrote:
> At Monday 2/4/2008 08:54 AM, you wrote:
> >On Feb 4, 2008 1:46 AM,  <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> > > http://xkcd.com/378/
> > >
> > > The nice thing about Linux is that I can (and do) use both.
> >
> >I haven't yet grown that required third hand to properly use emacs
> >(eight-hundred megs and constantly swapping), so I stick to vi
> >(nvi|vim).
> >
> >But I do like the chaos editor (aka butterfly).
> >
> >Ciao,
> >
> >David A. Bandel
> >--
>
> I've used both VI and EMACS for many years. I mostly use VI these
> days, but still haven't figured out if/how VI does macros. In EMACS,
> it's Meta-( <a bunch of commands> Meta-)
> Then I can Meta-X or ESC<numeric value>Meta-X (or is that
> Meta-<numeric value>) ?
>
> Anyone know the VI equivalent?
>

In normal mode (key Esc to enter normal mode: may take more than one!):
  key 'q' <-- start macro definition
  key <register> <-- a register to store the macro in, try 'a'
  key <what you want to repeat>
  key 'Esc q' <-- Esc to enter normal mode; 'q' to end the macro

To run the macro:
  @<register> <-- example: @a

In normal mode:
  key ':help q'

> ~Rick
>
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