[vox-tech] vim: change characters, then dumping in insert mode.

[Peter Jay Salzman]

In Vim,

   ncw

deletes n words and puts you in insert mode.  Is there a similar construct
for deleting n characters and leaving you in insert mode?

I'm using the Vim plugin for the Eclipse IDE.  Unfortunately, it doesn't
support visual mode, and something like "ncx" (which doesn't work)
along with "." would be almost as good.

Thanks.
Pete

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