Re: Question Regarding Navigating the Buffer

Does "g^" do what you want? That should put the cursor on the first
non-whitespace char in the buffer.

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Daniel Patrick Sullivan <
dansully-t4+EzPmVLfD2fBVCVOL8/[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi, Everyone,
>
> I have a quick question with respect to navigating screens buffer.
> Basically I work with embedded systems and often have to block and copy more
> than a single screens worth of text to the buffer to attach to tickets or
> send to customers, etc.  I'd like to be able to copy and paste this text
> using the screen's native capabilities.
>
> My problem is that when I enter the buffer and type "g" to go to the top,
> it actually goes to the top of the buffer, not to the first non-whitespace
> character in the buffer".  I basically want to copy the entire buffer
> starting with the first non-whitespace character.  Is there a way to
> navigate to the first non-whitespace character in the buffer, or am I best
> just copying the entire buffer and figuring out how to strip out the leading
> whitespace later?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
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