[CLUE-Tech] vi macro question

[Lynn Danielson]

Jeffery Cann wrote:
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> On Wednesday 02 May 2001 11:28, Phil North wrote:
>  If the previously line is marked (ma) and the current line is
> > marked (mb), then from the vi command line do
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> >:'a,'b d
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> You probably do not have to make the second mark.  Suppose you are deleting
> from mark 'a' to line 123:
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> :'a, 123 d

I thought I had tried this and it didn't work, but I must have been
using a back tick instead of a single quote (apostrophe).  

:'a,.d 

does what I want -- delete from mark "a" to the current line.

Thanks to everyone for the help.

Lynn