[wellylug] vi / ex question
jfouhy at paradise.net.nz
jfouhy at paradise.net.nz
Tue Dec 7 16:14:42 NZDT 2004
Quoting jumbophut <jumbophut at gmail.com>:
> In vim, prefix your command with a line range:
>
> :a,b/^$/d
>
> where a,b are the start and end line numbers respectively. You can
> use 1,$ for the whole file.
>
> (Grant's e-mail gives an even more efficient solution in this case).
I know that ... And I know that % is shorthand for 1,$. But that doesn't work.
What you are saying (I think) is: "select the range of lines defined by 1,$/^$/
and then delete them". It's not clear what that range of lines should be, since
you seem to be breaking syntax, but it's certainly not what I want..
--
John.
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