On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 11:55:54PM EDT, Pete Johns wrote: > On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 23:47:56 -0400, cga2000 sent: > >Someone on the list recently suggested I use "gqip" to reflow > >paragraphs and I was going to suggest that. Much to my delight, > >I later found that it also preserved the ">" characters in > >e-mail messages, so I was going to recommend using that. > > > Indeed. This would work well for a given paragraph. > > >:h gq tells me that the general format is gq{motion} .. but what > >kind of motion is "ip"..? "i" should move the cursor up just > >one line but what about "p"..? > > > Close but no cigar. 'k' would move up a line. 'ip' is Inner > Paragraph. > > See: > > :he ip > > :he object-motions will help you speed up your Vim usage. > > > Best; > > --paj > gotcha .. :-(
and thanks much for your last tip.. or pointing me in the right direction I should say..! Thanks cga