RE: Copying a Massive amount of text to the clipboard

2007-03-21 Thread Gene Kwiecinski
>I have a 9MB XML files I am working with. Eep! >I would like to select a block of about 90,000 lines in a file and copy them >to the clipboard so they can be pasted in another file. Via 'vim', or another program/editor? >Is there anyway to say to vim: >"Start selecting on line 3, and continu

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2007-03-21 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Message received by private mail: forward to list. Best regards, Tony. Original Message Subject: Re: Copying a Massive amount of text to the clipboard Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:06:31 +0530 From: MM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Referen

Re: Copying a Massive amount of text to the clipboard

2007-03-21 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Matthew Winn wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:45:39 +0100, "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Method II: If you know exactly the line numbers you want: :3,90003y + For Method II, see ":help :y". And if you don't know the line numbers (and don't want to find out and remember th

Re: Copying a Massive amount of text to the clipboard

2007-03-21 Thread Matthew Winn
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:45:39 +0100, "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Method II: If you know exactly the line numbers you want: > > :3,90003y + > > For Method II, see ":help :y". And if you don't know the line numbers (and don't want to find out and remember them) you can go t

Re: Copying a Massive amount of text to the clipboard

2007-03-20 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
mas wrote: Hello, I have a 9MB XML files I am working with. I would like to select a block of about 90,000 lines in a file and copy them to the clipboard so they can be pasted in another file. Doing this with the mouse would probably take until the sun burns out. Is there anyway to

Re: Copying a Massive amount of text to the clipboard

2007-03-20 Thread maskkkk
And a massive "thank you" to you for your words of advice! Theerasak Photha wrote: > > On 3/20/07, mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have a 9MB XML files I am working with. >> >> I would like to select a block of about 90,000 lines in a file and copy >> them >> to the clip

Re: Copying a Massive amount of text to the clipboard

2007-03-20 Thread Theerasak Photha
On 3/20/07, mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I have a 9MB XML files I am working with. I would like to select a block of about 90,000 lines in a file and copy them to the clipboard so they can be pasted in another file. Doing this with the mouse would probably take until the sun burn