I've been using vi for (egad!) over 30 years, and vim for about 8 years, and I still learn something new about it every now and then. In this case, text object

I've been using vi for (egad!) over 30 years, and vim for about 8 years, and I still learn something new about it every now and then. In this case, text objects. I'd never run across that feature before. An example of vi/vim's power I've used for ages is formatting a paragraph of text: {!}fmt<cr> With text objects, in the middle of a paragraph somewhere,!pfmt<cr> -- Much easier to type! (yes, I know vim has the gq command, but I prefer piping text to the *nix fmt command.)