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List:       vim
Subject:    Re: quickest way to insert decimal sequence of numbers
From:       Neil Zanella <nzanella () cs ! mun ! ca>
Date:       2003-12-10 4:56:47
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Thank you for your reply,

I found the CTRL-A feature extremely interesting and useful.
Where did you find it, or rather, how did you come across it?
Is there a similar command for decrementing an integer by one,
perhaps even going down to negative integers after hitting zero?

Thanks!

Neil

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Arun Easi wrote:

> lotta ways, some are:
> 1) :let i=1|while i<=14|pu =i|let i=i+1|endwhile
> 
> similar to above, but if you want cursor at 1 do,
> 2) :let i=14|while i|pu! =i|let i=i-1|endwhile
> 
> if you want to use the record functionality
> 3) i1<esc>qqyyp<c-a>q12@q
> where <esc> is actual escape (^[) and <c-a> is ctrl-a
> 
> rgds,
> -Arun
> 
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Neil Zanella wrote:
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> > Hello,
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> > I would like to know about a convenient way to enter a sequence
> > of consecutive integers such as the following in vim could be.
> > For instance, is there a handy way of comining the vim record
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