Oh man, I use markers all the time.
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mark a spot, then yank or delete everything to that line. Way easier to do it accurately rather than 13yy or however many lines you're yanking.
mark a spot, then yank or delete everything to that line. Way easier to do it accurately rather than 13yy or however many lines you're yanking.
...or y'x to keep something kindof handy that I can drop in at the right place (sometimes with a macro...)
qadi('xpq => @a => @@...
(Record macro "a", delete inner parentheses, paste from the "x" register, stop recording => play macro "a" => play last macro...)If I keep "x" clean/protected then I can delete or edit the rest of the time all willy-nilly and not worry about clobbering what I'm trying to paste into the right spots.