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Re: why not just use C /* ... */ ?

From:
Tom Christiansen
Date:
August 22, 2000 14:11
Subject:
Re: why not just use C /* ... */ ?
Message ID:
7002.966978669@chthon
>Yes, but they are ever so slightly burdensome to use for very large blocks
>of text. 

I've never understood that.

    :/foo/,/bar/s/^/##XXX## /

does it for me.  There are doubtless infinite variations on the same.

--tom

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