2009/2/20 Rajarajan Rajamani <r.rajam...@gmail.com>: > 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.
On vim you can also use a keyboard macro in this way: 1G (or whatever the line you wanna start from) qa^i#<esc>jq (the macro itself) 5...@a (as many times you need) Cheers. _______________________________________________ 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"