[CLUE-Tech] vim question: doing a large document using join

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You don't need a mouse with vi! The normal way of copying large
blocks of text is to:

	200Y

Yank 200 hundred lines starting at current position. Text is now in
a buffer. Move to insertion point. Press:

	P

to paste buffer into text.


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On Tue, 07 May 2002 00:09:57 -0600
Kevin Cullis <kevincu at orci.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> My normal way of copying large blocks of text is to use my mouse and
> "cut and paste" into vim and then do searches for multiple spaces to
> make the text line up on the left. However, I now have multiple lines to
> use the join command. I've been searching for regexp to find the answer,
> but I thought I'd ask you all your opinion on any better ways of doing
> this task. The task is cutting and pasting, normally, web site info,
> into vim and then editing the text for formating.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Kevin
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