[lug] Few vi problems

[D. Stimits]

John Starkey wrote:
> 
> Can someone help with this? I've looked through every vi manual I could
> find online and in :h
> 
> I need to yank x chars from some code. yw isn't gonna work because of
> the chars. Optimally I'd like to be able to grab:
> 
> <td bgcolor=" <.?php $bgcolor ?> ">
>                        ^                            ^
> The spaces between the carrots is what i need to yank and paste.
> 
> The next question: I'm on a remote FreeBSD virtual server. I've tried
> every .* file I could think of (.vimrc, .virc, .exrc) and couldn't get
> it to load in my vimrc. Is there a way to specify the rc file path in
> vi? And on a related note, is there a way to specify the syntax file
> path?

vi and clones are derivatives of ex. Try whatever commands you are using
in "~/.exrc".

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
>