Repeating a change (6/6)

Repeating a change

Once you’ve made a change with c, Helix remembers it — both the deletion and the text you typed. . repeats that change on whatever is selected now.

So fixing the same mistake in several places becomes:

select the first one
press c, type the fix, hit Escape
select the next one
press .

No retyping. The selection decides where the change lands; . supplies the change. It’s the same object-then-verb pattern as everything else in this lesson, with . standing in for the verb.

Work through the checklist below.

Change the first teh to the The cursor starts on it — press e to select it, c, type the, then hit Escape.

Repeat the change on the next line with . Press j, then gh and e to select the next teh, then press ..

And once more on the last line Same again — j, gh, e, then ..

Change the first teh to the The cursor starts on it — press e to select it, c, type the, then hit Escape.

Next: Repeat the change on the next line with .

Repeating a change

Repeating a change

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