Re: [newbie] Copy & Paste

[Anuerin G. Diaz]

if you are using vim then you can make use of the middle button to paste highlighted text into vi. now if you want to do it the old-fashioned way (pure keyboard) then here are some tips... - vi makes use of buffers (specifically the unnamed-buffer) to store deleted and copied text. think of it as the clipboard. - everytime you delete an entry using x, d, or dd, the entry in the unnamed-buffer is overwritten. - to copy text the command is y (short for yank). like any ordinary vi command, you can precede it with a marker or a number to amplify its effect (10y to yank 10 characters, 10wy to yank 10 words). to copy whole lines, use the yy command. precede it with a number to denote the number of lines to be yanked (the direction  is usually downwards but my memory is rusty and i cant remeber how to yank lines of text upward. ;-) - to paste the contents of the unnamed-buffer, press p to paste it after the cursor (or line? i cant remember correctly as i am in windows right now) and P to paste it before. - delete/yank is more powerful when used with markers. that is another topic and  i still have work to do. ;-)     NOTE:  it is understood that before executing the command shortcuts that you are out of the editing-mode. press the escape key twice to make sure. ;-)   ciao! SKLIM wrote:  Hi! I need help to know the key how to copy and paste in vi command ? Can someone help me on this issue    -- "Programming, an artform that fights back." ============================= Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 =============================

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