Inserting a character in certain column

[Gerald Dachs]

Quoting Michael Ulm <michael.ulm at isis-papyrus.com>:

>>> or use a regexp substitution. In command mode type
>>>
>>> :%s/^.\{3}/&XY/
>>>
> Are you sure you entered the regexp correctly? I have just verified
> that the expression I gave works with various versions of vi/vim.
> Things to look out for are to use curly braces {} not parentheses (),
> and not to forget any character in the expression.

I didn't test it, but I think the backslash before the closing
curly brace is missing.

Gerald

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