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List:       vim
Subject:    Re: i_CTRL-O : Bug or Behavior?
From:       Bram Moolenaar <Bram () moolenaar ! net>
Date:       2002-12-30 21:36:55
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Naveen Chandra wrote:

>     If I want to insert some text repeatedly, I usually type
> '[count]i' insert the text and on typing <Esc>, the text
> is inserted [count] times. This works fine. But while
> entering the text if I use <C-O>, execute one command, and
> start inserting more text and then type <Esc>, my text
> is no more inserted [count] times. Is this a bug or behavior
> of <C-O>? 
> :h i_CTRL-O doesn't give much details about its behavior.
> I use vim 6.0

When you use CTRL-O you may use any command.  It's not easy to repeat
the inserted text after that.  Since repeating the text typed before the
CTRL-O is probably not resulting in something you wanted either, the
count is simply ignored.

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