Name
append
Synopsis
[address
] a[!]text
.
Append new text at specified address, or at present address if none is specified. Add a ! to toggle the autoindent setting that is used during input. That is, if autoindent was enabled, ! disables it. Enter new text after entering the command. Terminate input of new text by entering a line consisting of just a period.
Example
:a Begin appending to current line. Append this line and this line too. . Terminate input of text to append.
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