A Bit Close Look At Vi - More On 'registers'

Note - read Marks & Registers before reading this post. There are some other ways of copy or delete text in vi. Working with paragraphs: If you are in paragraph text you can use  }  and  {  to move  cursor to the beginning or ending of the paragraph respectively.  so if you want to move a paragraph you can use  {  and  d} .  and...

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Vi - Marks and Registers

Marks: vi has 26 "marks". A mark is set to any cursor location using the m command.  Each mark is designated by a letter.  Thusma sets the 'a' mark to the current location, andms sets the 's' mark.   You can move to the line containing a mark using the ' (single quote) command.   Thus 'a moves to the beginning of the line...

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