I have 56 files.

      

      I put their names in a file called "The_List". Within each of those 56

      files...

      

      -- The first two lines must remain as they are

      

      -- I want the rest of the lines to have their first 5 columns deleted.

      

      The attached file (my vedit macro attempt) demonstrates an incompetent

      method of trying to set a columnar block. In fact, I devised two whole

      separate methods which don't work. (Thomas Edison would understand me)

      

      Here are the specific eleven lines (three of which I slashed-out after

      I saw that they significantly slowed the execution time)...

      

      

      Column_Begin(Clear)			// Forget any prior Columns

      Column_Begin(Cur_Pos)		// This column Starts here

      

      // For(#1=1;(! At_EOF);#1++)			// Move

      //                        {			//  To

      //			     Do_Visual("\CD\")	//   The

      //			     }			//    End

      

      EOF()					// Move To The End

      

      Do_Visual("\CU\")				// Cursor up one

      Do_Visual("\CR\\CR\\CR\\CR\\CR\")		// Cursor over 5

      

      Column_End(Cur_Pos)				// Column stops here

      

      Del_Block(Block_Begin,Block_End,COLUMN)	// Delete that column

      

      

      What do I change so that the column will be defined, so that I will be

      able to delete the resulting (columnar) block ? Or maybe I should word

      that question as, "Like, Huh ? How Come ?"