On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Doug Poland <d...@polands.org> wrote: > Johan Hendriks wrote: >> >> How can i in vi set a # on multiple Lines to comment out some text. >> >> I know it must be a simple thing but i can not seem to get it right. >> >> Like in a config file i have the following >> >> define service{ >> use generic-service >> host_name w2003hk03 >> service_description Explorer >> check_command check_nt!PROCSTATE!-d SHOWALL -l >> Explorer.exe >> } >> >> And now i want to set a # to all the 6 lines. >> >> Thanks for your time >> Regards, >> Johan > >> > > This question is really more germane to a VIm mail list > (http://www.vim.org/) , but I'll tell you how'd I'd do it. > > First, turn on line numbers -- > > :set nu >
> :3,8s/^/#/ > > That's all there is too it. BTW, VIm help is your friend > OR just mark the block visually and then do a :'<,'> s:/^/#/ the '<,'> will appear automatically as soon as you hit : after marking the visual block. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"