Re^2: vi case-change question

Wayne Krone wk at hpirs.HP.COM
Mon Jul 10 12:14:35 AEST 1989


> \In addition to Bo's suggestions, HP-UX vi for releases s800 3.0 and
> \s300 6.5 or later has been modified to accept a count before the "~"
> \operator.  So for your example the command "99~" would do what you
> \want.
> 
> What you REALLY want is `~' to become an operator, so you can say things like
> 
> 	~3w

I thought about doing this but it would mean a single `~' would not
have the effect it now does.  To get the same behavior a user would
have to enter "~l" or perhaps "~~".

Wayne



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