Add (Copying Lines within a File)

Add (Copying Lines within a File)

Add lines by copying duplicates of existing lines.

ADD linenum = rangelist

(Q=no display)

(Defaults: none)

The linenum parameter tells Qedit where to insert the copied lines. The number of decimal places in linenum tells Qedit how finely to number the new lines:

/add 50 = 1/9           {new lines will be 50.1, 50.2, 50.3...}
/add 50.10=1/9          {new lines will be 50.10, 50.11, 50.12...}

The rangelist parameter tells Qedit which lines to copy:

/add 50.1 = 1/9 10/15 {'1/9 10/15' is the rangelist}

Examples

/list 4/8               {how lines look before the copy command}
    4     aaaaaaaa
    5     bbbbbbbb
    6     cccccccc
    7     dddddddd
    8     eeeeeeee
/add 5 = 7/8            {copy lines 7 and 8 after line 5}
    5.1   dddddddd
    5.2   eeeeeeee
2 lines COPIED
/list 4/8               {how lines look after the copy command}
    4     aaaaaaaa
    5     bbbbbbbb
    5.1   dddddddd
    5.2   eeeeeeee
    6     cccccccc
    7     dddddddd
    8     eeeeeeee
/aq 5 = 5               {duplicate line 5 after itself}

Notes

Add prints each new line, unless you use AQ. When you copy lines, the rangelist must not include the linenum (e.g., /Add 5 = 4/6 is rejected because it would be an infinite loop). Qedit prints "Error: Already". The lines copied are not deleted from the original location. You now have two copies of the lines (and a copy in the Hold0 file, see Add-Move).

If you have Set Left/Right margins, Qedit prints only the portion of each line within the margins. However, it will actually copy the entire line, including the portion outside of the current margins.