On 2005-04-21, Sergei Organov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On 2005-04-21, Peter Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Maxim Kasimov schrieb: >> >> but what if i just can't to do this becouse i'm working thrue ssh, and >> >> have to use only installed editors (such as vi) >> > >> > - at first line of block enter: ma (mark line as 'a') >> > - go to last line of block >> > - enter :'a,.s/^/###/ (insert 3 comment chars at begin of line, >> > starting from line marked as 'a' to current line) >> >> Sure, but what about the case where his program is on paper >> tape and all he has for an editor is an ice pick? > > Then inserting goto doesn't seem to be an acceptable option either ;)
Scissors, tape, and a box full of prepunched "goto" and "label" statements. Of course you could do the same with a bunch of pre-punched """ tape-chunks. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Yow! Am I in at Milwaukee? visi.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list