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From ray@hebron.connected.com (Ray Berry)
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From: ray@hebron.connected.com (Ray Berry)
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Newsgroups: comp.editors
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Subject: clearing anon vi buffers
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Date: 16 Dec 1993 11:01:45 -0800
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Organization: Ascendant Systems
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Lines: 10
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I happily encountered 'elvis' the other day which seems a fairly
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high quality effort at a vi clone. I was a bit surprised however
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at the fact that it clears the anon buffers when you change files
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via :e etc. From a philosophical point of view I can see how this
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behavior might be defended. But alas, transporting text between files
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with the default cut buffer is a habit I had fallen into.
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I'm wondering if there is any formal rule on this point.
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I appeal to the vi mavens here for a clarification.
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--
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ray berry kb7ht rjberry@eskimo.com ray@connected.com 73407.3152@compuserve.com
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From creider@taptet.sscl.uwo.ca (Chet Creider)
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From: creider@taptet.sscl.uwo.ca (Chet Creider)
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Newsgroups: comp.editors
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Subject: Re: clearing anon vi buffers
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 21:22:53 GMT
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Organization: University of Western Ontario, London
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In article <ray.756068063@connected.com> ray@hebron.connected.com (Ray Berry) writes:
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> I happily encountered 'elvis' the other day which seems a fairly
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>high quality effort at a vi clone. I was a bit surprised however
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>at the fact that it clears the anon buffers when you change files
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>via :e etc. From a philosophical point of view I can see how this
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>behavior might be defended. But alas, transporting text between files
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>with the default cut buffer is a habit I had fallen into.
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> I'm wondering if there is any formal rule on this point.
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Elvis' behaviour is standard. You should use the letter buffers as
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these are not cleared. E.g. "a10yy to put 10 lines into buffer a,
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and then (in another file) "ap or "aP.
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Chet Creider
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<creider@csd.uwo.ca>
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From ray@Celestial.COM (Ray Jones)
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From: ray@Celestial.COM (Ray Jones)
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Newsgroups: comp.editors
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Subject: Re: clearing anon vi buffers
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 19:21:37 GMT
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Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
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In <ray.756068063@connected.com> ray@hebron.connected.com (Ray Berry) writes:
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> I happily encountered 'elvis' the other day which seems a fairly
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>high quality effort at a vi clone. I was a bit surprised however
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>at the fact that it clears the anon buffers when you change files
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>via :e etc. From a philosophical point of view I can see how this
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>behavior might be defended. But alas, transporting text between files
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>with the default cut buffer is a habit I had fallen into.
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> I'm wondering if there is any formal rule on this point.
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>I appeal to the vi mavens here for a clarification.
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I am not sure what you mean by "anon" buffers in vi. If you are refering to
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the "unnamed" buffer, all vi's that I know of clear this buffer between file
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when you
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:e etc
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To transport buffers between files you need to use any of the 26 "named"
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buffers [a-z]. To yank text into a named buffer (a in this example)
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"a4yy -> yank 4 lines into buffer a
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then you can
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:e etc
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and use
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"ap
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to put the contents of buffer a into file "etc"
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INTERNET: ray@Celestial.COM | The probability of one or more
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Ray A. Jones; Celestial Software | spelling errors in this missive
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8545 S.E. 68th Street | approaches unity. If this bothers you,
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Mercer Island, WA 98040;(206) 236-1676 | run it through your spell checker!
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