The "." command is one of the most simple yet powerful commands in Vim.
It repeats the last change. For instance, suppose you are editing an HTML
file and want to delete all the <B> tags. You position the cursor on
the first < and delete the <B> with the command "df>". You then
go to the < of the next </B> and kill it using the "." command. The
"." command executes the last change command (in this case, "df>"). To
delete another tag, position the cursor on the < and use the "."
command. f< df> f< . f< . find first
< delete to > find next < repeat df> find next
< repeat df> To <B>generate</B> a table of
<B>contents
~ ???> ??> ?????????> ???> ?????????????> ??> The
"." command works for all changes you make, except for the "u" (undo), CTRL?R
(redo) and commands that start with a colon (:). Another example: You want to
change the word "four" to "five". It appears several times in your text. You
can do this quickly with this sequence
of commands: /four<Enter> cwfive<Esc> n . n . find
the first string "four" change the word to "five" find the next
"four" repeat the change to "five‘ find the next "four" repeat the
change etc. ================================
