renzev@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMe giving advice about text editorslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1969arrow-down159
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minus-squarekattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI use macros to solve most of the same problems. You just on-the-fly record a sequence of regular vim commands that you can then replay as many times as you need. Great for formatting a bunch of data without having to deal with the misery of regex
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAlso a good choice. Just never had the need since I knew a bit of regex before learning vim.
I use macros to solve most of the same problems. You just on-the-fly record a sequence of regular vim commands that you can then replay as many times as you need. Great for formatting a bunch of data without having to deal with the misery of regex
Also a good choice. Just never had the need since I knew a bit of regex before learning vim.