[CLUE-Tech] another vi question

[Mike]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 08:48:37AM +0800, thadphole wrote:
> suppose i need to copy some characters or words from a line, not the
> entire line, how will i do that, e.g.
> i want to copy the first 5 charcters of this sample to next line: 
> 
> vbvb(llll)
> ^^^^^
Do you have any experience writing macros? Here's one way I found to do
it. Define a macro as follows

:map ,j /^vbvb(
y5loP

,j is the macro name these are the two keys you will press to run the
macro.

/^vbvb( is your reg ex search string

 is the enter key. NOTE!! This is not ^ followed by M. This is entered
   by typing Ctrl+V,Ctrl+Enter.
y5l copy the first 5 characters
o open a new line below the current line
 is the escape key seqence similar to before this is Ctrl+v,Ctrl+Esc
P put (or paste if you prefer) the copied characters. Capital P means
  before the cursor as opposed to lower case p which means after the
  cursor.

HTH,
Mike