On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, alex j avriette wrote: > esc-:-s/^/#/6 > for six lines. I'm fairly familiar with vi syntax, but what does the '-' mean before the 's'? I'm familiar with '%', '.', '1,9' etc., but haven't seen minus. Or the trailing number for that matter... And I'm wondering if I've been missing something all these years =) --Kurt