trying to do task in vi editor

sumeet inani · 01-25-2010, 01:05 AM

(2)Also I wanted to search a very long word in document.Obviously
/<word> then press n or N will need me to write atleast once the whole word.
what can I do so that I don't have to type it even once ?
(Answer)Just select text using left click of mouse then press /<middle mouse button>

sumeet inani · 02-06-2010, 05:14 AM

UNSOLVED QUESTIONS
(1)I saw it here http://rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html
There should be documentation abut using \_ in search query .

(2)How can I copy contents from text file open in vi to clipboard so that I can paste it in another application like gedit ?
Here selecting text in vi using mouse then middle click in gedit does not help.I have seen.
What do you suggest ?

chrism01 · 02-07-2010, 06:53 PM

Try highlight + ctl-c to copy or see if your terminal menu includes a copy option

sumeet inani · 02-08-2010, 03:36 AM

Tip
(1) If you open vi in gnome-terminal then you can select text(using mouse) & right click to get copy option or use ctrl+shift+c . Now you can paste it in any application as content is in clipboard.

(2) In xterm you can select using mouse then it gets into selection buffer . Content can be pasted into other application ( like gedit ) using middle click.

(3)To sort line 2 to 10 run
:2,10!sort
Remove duplicate line in whole file
:%!uniq