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HELP VEDOVERLAYBLOCK Aaron Sloman, Dec 1989 vedoverlayblock(<vector of strings>) "Yank" a vector of strings into the VED buffer as a rectangular block starting at the current cursor location, ignoring spaces in the strings. Keywords: VED overlay block vector strings insert The vector of strings is of the type produced by * VEDCUTBLOCK. VEDOVERLAYBLOCK is used to define the ved_yotb command, listed in the file HELP * VEDBLOCKS. It differs from VEDYANKBLOCK in that where there are spaces in the strings to be overlayed, they are not inserted, and instead the original text is left. For example if the following block of text is turned into a vector of strings using either VEDCUTBLOCK or ved_stb or ved_dtb ************************* ************************* ****** ******* ****** ******* ****** ******* ****** ******* ************************* ************************* and then is overlayed on the following, at the location marked X +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++X++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The result will be +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++*************************++ ++******++++++++++++*******++ ++******++++++++++++*******++ ++******++++++++++++*******++ ++******++++++++++++*******++ ++*************************++ ++*************************++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HELP * VED HELP * VEDCOMMS/ved_splice * VEDCOMMS/ved_y HELP * VEDBLOCKS HELP * VEDCUTBLOCK HELP * VEDREFRESHBLOCK HELP * VEDPROCS/vedinsertstring HELP * VEDFILLBLOCK HELP * VEDYANKBLOCK --- C.all/help/vedoverlayblock --- Copyright University of Sussex 1990. All rights reserved. ----------