Can vim markers work with the repeat key?

I regularly use the . key to repeat my last vim command. I'm wondering if there's a way to use it with commands performed using markers. Here's a simple example:

• Mark a line of text using m'a
• Move down a few lines, e.g. 5j
• Indent the lines using >'a -- indents 6 lines
• Press . to repeat above command on the same 6 lines -- will only affect 1st line

Is there a way to get v开发者_如何学Cim to apply the same marker range of the previous command when using the . command?

ps. I know the above example would have been easier with 6>>, which works with the ., I'm just using it as an example. I often use markers for more complex/longer commands.

The problem is that the command you're repeating is >'a, but because of the rule "After applying the operator the cursor is mostly left at the start of the text that was operated upon" (from :help operator), >'a leaves the cursor at mark a if that was above your starting position. Then when you repeat >'a you end up with a linewise motion from that line to itself, which only re-indents one line.

Since you're left at the beginning of the block of text, to affect the same block of text again you can use the '] (linewise) or `] (charwise) motions, which move to the end of the block of text just affected. So you can use >'] to indent the same block again, and since your cursor starts and ends at the same position this time, you can repeat it additional times with ..

A simpler choice, though, would be to just use V5j> instead of ma5j>'a. V starts visual mode (linewise) at your current position, 5j moves down 5 lines, and then > indents. And when you repeat using ., the same visual selection still pertains, so you get the desired result whether you moved up or down.