Make replay robust

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Recording handled the first item, so three replays finish the rest. A fourth would have changed the footer.

qa: Record a macro into register a. Press q to stop.
3@a: Play macro a three times.

Before this lesson: Record, stop and replay.

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Bound replay and establish a reliable starting position on unequal lines.

A reliable macro establishes its boundary, makes the edit and prepares the next item. I and A handle unequal line lengths better than fixed horizontal movement. A count before @a runs that many replays; count only the remaining work. Preserve the protected footer and stop before it.

Example

If recording handled one of four items, 3@a handles the remaining three. An extra replay can edit the footer. Undo and refine the route when the next item has a different shape.

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Repeat a change with the dot

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Apply the shown suffix to the 3 current notes. Keep the archive untouched.

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// First [reviewed]
// A longer second note [reviewed]
// Third note [reviewed]
// Keep the archive unchanged.

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