Tim Chase wrote:
> To replicate > > $ vi -u NONE > :r !jot 15 > > (or use `seq 15` to get the numbers 1-15 in your file) > > 3GVG:g/5/d > > This should delete lines 5 and 15 because they contain a "5". > However, issueing > > gv > > does not reselect the text. For me it does. I cannot guess why it doesn't work for you. > If instead you have 16 numbers > > $ vim -u NONE > :r !jot 16 > > and do > > 3GVGk:g/5/d > > (selecting through the penultimate line, so the same text selected > as before, followed by the same command, just with a line below '> > containing "16") followed by > > gv > > it works, adjusting the '> mark to the line containing "16". So > there's clearly some "the last line of my visual range was deleted, > so we need to adjust it" logic, but it doesn't seem to check if that > adjusment runs of the end of the file and back it off instead. > > Thanks! -- It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/202007191518.06JFI61v237518%40masaka.moolenaar.net.
