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(viper)Appending Text

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Appending Text
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   Note: Options, to see how to change tab and shiftwidth size.  See
the GNU Emacs manual, or try `C-ha tabs' (If you have turned Emacs help
on).  Check out the variable `indent-tabs-mode' to put in just spaces.
Also see options for word-wrap.

`<count>  a'
     <count> times after the cursor.

`<count>  A'
     <count> times at the end of line.

`<count>  i'
     <count> times before the cursor (insert).

`<count>  I'
     <count> times before the first CHAR of the line

`<count>  o'
     On a new line below the current (open).  The count is only useful
     on a slow terminal.

`<count>  O'
     On a new line above the current.  The count is only useful on a
     slow terminal.

`<count>  ><move>'
     Shift the lines described by <count><move> one shiftwidth to the
     right (layout!).

`<count>  >>'
     Shift <count> lines one shiftwidth to the right.

`<count>  ["<a-z1-9>]p'
     Put the contents of the (default undo) buffer <count> times after
     the cursor.  The register will be automatically down-cased.

`<count>  ["<a-z1-9>]P'
     Put the contents of the (default undo) buffer <count> times before
     the cursor.  The register will

`[<a-z>'
     Show contents of textmarker.

`]<a-z>'
     Show contents of register.

`<count>  .'
     Repeat previous command <count> times.  For destructive commands
     as well as undo.

`f1 1 and f1 2'
     While `.' repeats the last destructive command, these two macros
     repeat the second-last and the third-last destructive commands.
     Note: Vi Macros, for more information on Vi macros.

`C-c M-p and C-c M-n'
     In Vi state, these commands help peruse the history of Vi's
     destructive commands.  Successive typing of `C-c M-p' causes Viper
     to search the history in the direction of older commands, while
     hitting `C-c M-n' does so in reverse order.  Each command in the
     history is displayed in the Minibuffer.  The displayed command can
     then be executed by typing ``.''.

     Since typing the above sequences of keys may be tedious, the
     functions doing the perusing can be bound to unused keyboard keys
     in the `~/.viper' file.  Note: Viper Specials, for details.