Does "g^" do what you want? That should put the cursor on the first non-whitespace char in the buffer.
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Daniel Patrick Sullivan < dansu...@uchicago.edu> wrote: > Hi, Everyone, > > I have a quick question with respect to navigating screens buffer. > Basically I work with embedded systems and often have to block and copy more > than a single screens worth of text to the buffer to attach to tickets or > send to customers, etc. I'd like to be able to copy and paste this text > using the screen's native capabilities. > > My problem is that when I enter the buffer and type "g" to go to the top, > it actually goes to the top of the buffer, not to the first non-whitespace > character in the buffer". I basically want to copy the entire buffer > starting with the first non-whitespace character. Is there a way to > navigate to the first non-whitespace character in the buffer, or am I best > just copying the entire buffer and figuring out how to strip out the leading > whitespace later? > > Thanks, > > Dan > > _______________________________________________ > screen-users mailing list > screen-users@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users >
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