Checkpoint: publish selected updates
The technique
ww passes the colon, which counts as a word of its own. The dot repeats ciw on the line above.
Keys in this lesson
- yy
- Copy the line.
- p
- Put after the cursor, or below the line.
- ciw
- Change the word under the cursor.
- .
- Repeat the last change.
Before this lesson: Copying; registers; selective repetition.
More about this lesson
Copy useful text and update current records without changing history.
Choose your own route. The target is a specification, not a hint. Preserve the historical quotation exactly; a matching word in the archive is not a request to replace it. Help remains available and its use is recorded for this attempt.
Example
Identify the copied region and the protected exception before editing. Compare the complete result afterwards.
Try without hints first. Open help if you need it.
Guides on this topic
Exercise 1 of 3
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par 28Duplicate the review heading immediately below itself, update the two current values to ready, and preserve the pending archive exactly. Choose your tools.