Re: vi golf: command on a motion?

hello,

> The bang command has an equivalent in vi.

this is the same command indeed but the ergonomy is quite different:
vi don't "generate" the begining of a command including the range so
we can't just delete a char and edit.

> The closest you
> can get to executing the same replacement via a vi command is using the
> & command which operates on one line.

i forgotten & (not that useful in vim) but yes! now you reminds me, it
makes perfect sense to use it in nvi.

thanks.
marc