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If you know the normal mode key sequence to achieve the desired result, you can always feed it to the ex-mode normal command. Step 3 translates to :norm ggVGp See the documentation in :help :n...
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#2: Post edited
by
Quasímodo
·
2022-11-08T15:06:49Z (about 2 years ago)
- If you know the normal mode key sequence to achieve the desired result, you can always feed it to the ex-mode `normal` command.
- Step 3 translates to
- :norm ggVGp
- See the documentation in `:help :norm`,
- ```
- :norm[al][!] {commands} *:norm* *:normal*
- Execute Normal mode commands {commands}. This makes
- it possible to execute Normal mode commands typed on
- the command-line. {commands} are executed like they
- are typed.
```
- If you know the normal mode key sequence to achieve the desired result, you can always feed it to the ex-mode `normal` command.
- Step 3 translates to
- :norm ggVGp
- See the documentation in `:help :norm`,
- ```
- :norm[al][!] {commands} *:norm* *:normal*
- Execute Normal mode commands {commands}. This makes
- it possible to execute Normal mode commands typed on
- the command-line. {commands} are executed like they
- are typed.
- ```
- ---
- You could also combine `:d` and `:put`,
- :%d|pu!2
- - `%` is a range that means "all lines".
- - `d`, short for `delete`, deletes all in that range.
- - `|` is the command separator.
- - `pu`, short for `put`, inserts text from register `2`.
- `line 4` turns up in register 2 after being displaced from register 1 by the remaining lines deleted by `%d`.
- That would leave an empty line behind, so a pedantically correct answer would be
- :%d|pu!2|$d
#1: Initial revision
by
Quasímodo
·
2022-11-08T14:51:14Z (about 2 years ago)
If you know the normal mode key sequence to achieve the desired result, you can always feed it to the ex-mode `normal` command.
Step 3 translates to
:norm ggVGp
See the documentation in `:help :norm`,
```
:norm[al][!] {commands} *:norm* *:normal*
Execute Normal mode commands {commands}. This makes
it possible to execute Normal mode commands typed on
the command-line. {commands} are executed like they
are typed.
```