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From jafo@miranda.accum.com (Sean Reifschneider)
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Subject: Re: Editing multiple files in vi
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1993 05:42:33 GMT
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In article <C9156L.44K@cbfsb.cb.att.com> vinlai@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (vincent.lai) writes:
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>Let's say I wish to edit all files ending in '.c'
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>I would enter 'vi *.c', proceed with editing the first file, press 'ZZ'
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>to save and enter ':n' to move on to the next file.
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You can always do something like:
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map q :w^M:n^M
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where ^M is Control-M. Then just press 'q' to go on to the next file.
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Sean
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--
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"If you were happy every day of your life, you wouldn't be a human being...
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You'd be a gameshow host." -- Heathers
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Sean Reifschneider, Supreme hack
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From hansm@wsinti06.info.win.tue.nl (Hans Mulder)
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Subject: Re: Editing multiple files in vi
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Date: 24 Jun 1993 21:19:37 +0200
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In <C9156L.44K@cbfsb.cb.att.com> vinlai@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (vincent.lai) writes:
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>I would enter 'vi *.c', proceed with editing the first file, press 'ZZ'
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>to save and enter ':n' to move on to the next file.
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>Question: Is there a set of keystrokes/commands that will enable me to
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>both save the current file and move on to the next one? I tried ':wn'
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>but vi burped. Thanks ...
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You could use ':w|n'. you could also do ':set autowrite' (or 'se aw'
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if you hate typing). This instructs vi to automatically :w whenever
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that seems like a good idea (e.g when you do :n or :! or ^Z, but not
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if the file wasn't modified).
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You could also consider putting the string 'set autowrote' in a file
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named .exrc in your home directory. This has the effect of setting
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the option every time you start vi. Type ':se noaw' to shut it off.
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--
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HansM
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From hansm@wsinti06.info.win.tue.nl (Hans Mulder)
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Subject: Re: Editing multiple files in vi
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Date: 24 Jun 1993 21:27:04 +0200
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In <C94Kqo.Krq@encore.com> tma@encore.com (Thanh Ma) writes:
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>jafo@miranda.accum.com (Sean Reifschneider) writes:
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>>In article <C9156L.44K@cbfsb.cb.att.com> vinlai@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (vincent.lai) writes:
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>>>Let's say I wish to edit all files ending in '.c'
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>>>
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>>>I would enter 'vi *.c', proceed with editing the first file, press 'ZZ'
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>>>to save and enter ':n' to move on to the next file.
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>>You can always do something like:
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>> map q :w^M:n^M
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I wouldn't use the letter 'q'. Being fumblefingered, I occasionally hit
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it accidentally.
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>>where ^M is Control-M. Then just press 'q' to go on to the next file.
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Note that you have to type it as control-V control-M.
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>How do you map to go backward ? (in a circular fashion may be)
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You can get back to the start of the list by typing :w (if necessary)
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and then :rew . The command :ar displays the list of files, with []
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around the name of the one you're currently editing.
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Unfortunately, there's no :prev .
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HansM
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From matthew@lenny.cs.mun.ca (Matthew J. Newhook)
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Subject: Re: Editing multiple files in vi
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1993 12:39:06 GMT
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jafo@miranda.accum.com (Sean Reifschneider) writes:
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>>I would enter 'vi *.c', proceed with editing the first file, press 'ZZ'
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>>to save and enter ':n' to move on to the next file.
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>You can always do something like:
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> map q :w^M:n^M
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>where ^M is Control-M. Then just press 'q' to go on to the next file.
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Well, the command sequence
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:w|n
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will also work. | being the command seperator.
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>Sean
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>--
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>"If you were happy every day of your life, you wouldn't be a human being...
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>You'd be a gameshow host." -- Heathers
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>Sean Reifschneider, Supreme hack
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Matthew
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--
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Matthew Newhook (matthew@engr.mun.ca) | "...get on with the fascination
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Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | the real relation, the underlying
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Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada | theme" - Limelight, Rush
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From bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
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Subject: Re: Editing multiple files in vi
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 14:32:01 GMT
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In article <20cv68$pgj@wsinti06.info.win.tue.nl> hansm@wsinti06.info.win.tue.nl (Hans Mulder) writes:
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>In <C94Kqo.Krq@encore.com> tma@encore.com (Thanh Ma) writes:
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>>jafo@miranda.accum.com (Sean Reifschneider) writes:
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>>>In article <C9156L.44K@cbfsb.cb.att.com> vinlai@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (vincent.lai) writes:
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>>>>Let's say I wish to edit all files ending in '.c'
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>>>>
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>>>>I would enter 'vi *.c', proceed with editing the first file, press 'ZZ'
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>>>>to save and enter ':n' to move on to the next file.
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>>>You can always do something like:
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>>> map q :w^M:n^M
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>I wouldn't use the letter 'q'. Being fumblefingered, I occasionally hit
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>it accidentally.
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>>>where ^M is Control-M. Then just press 'q' to go on to the next file.
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>Note that you have to type it as control-V control-M.
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>>How do you map to go backward ? (in a circular fashion may be)
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>You can get back to the start of the list by typing :w (if necessary)
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>and then :rew . The command :ar displays the list of files, with []
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>around the name of the one you're currently editing.
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>Unfortunately, there's no :prev .
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With a couple of more keystrokes you can simulate :prev is you use
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less.
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less the files you wish to edit. When it comes up, or when you search
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to the part you want in the file, v will put you in to vi. Then a :wq
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will take you back to less and then the N and P will take you to next
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file or previous file. Not the answer, but it may be a solution if
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you need to invoke multiple files and perhaps not edit them all. You
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can get to all in the list that way.
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--
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Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.uucp OR bill@bilver.oau.org
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From bspahh@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Andrew Henry)
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Subject: Re: Editing multiple files in vi
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 14:29:32 GMT
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In the referenced article, hansm@wsinti06.info.win.tue.nl (Hans Mulder) writes:
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>In <C94Kqo.Krq@encore.com> tma@encore.com (Thanh Ma) writes:
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>>How do you map to go backward ? (in a circular fashion may be)
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>
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>You can get back to the start of the list by typing :w (if necessary)
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>and then :rew . The command :ar displays the list of files, with []
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>around the name of the one you're currently editing.
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>Unfortunately, there's no :prev .
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Try <ctrl>6, or possibly <ctrl><shift>6
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For me that toggles between the last two files that have been
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edited in a list. It also remembers the cursor position.
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If you have altered the current file you might have to write
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it out first.
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Andrew Henry
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bspahh@gdr.bath.ac.uk
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From darren@hunan.rastek.com (Darren Hiebert)
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Subject: Re: Editing multiple files in vi
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 14:54:52 GMT
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In the referenced article, hansm@wsinti06.info.win.tue.nl (Hans Mulder) writes:
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>In <C94Kqo.Krq@encore.com> tma@encore.com (Thanh Ma) writes:
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>>How do you map to go backward ? (in a circular fashion may be)
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>
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>You can get back to the start of the list by typing :w (if necessary)
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>and then :rew . The command :ar displays the list of files, with []
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>around the name of the one you're currently editing.
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>Unfortunately, there's no :prev .
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I recommend getting VIM. It's the best vi clone (superset) going.
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It has a "previous" command (i.e. ":pre[vious]") and everything else.
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--
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Darren Hiebert (darren@hunan.rastek.com) "Made entirely from recycled materials"
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From darren@hunan.rastek.com (Darren Hiebert)
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Subject: Re: View Content of Buffer [VIM can do this]
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 15:23:25 GMT
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In article <1993Jun30.075639.5512@alf.uib.no> chun@eik.ii.uib.no (Chunming Rong) writes:
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> Does anyone know how to view the content of the buffers within VI?
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> Emacs has such function.
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VIM (VI Imitation) can do this (i.e. ":di[splay]"). This shows the contents
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of all numbered and named buffers.
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VIM, the best vi clone (superset) in the known universe!
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Comes complete with source.
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(Yes, I am a enthusiastic advocate)
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--
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Darren Hiebert (darren@hunan.rastek.com) "Made entirely from recycled materials"
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From hansm@wsinti07.info.win.tue.nl (Hans Mulder)
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Subject: Re: Editing multiple files in vi
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Date: 2 Jul 1993 13:53:41 +0200
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In <C9Fw3H.7nn@hunan.rastek.com> darren@hunan.rastek.com (Darren Hiebert) writes:
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[ I wrote, about vi: ]
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>>Unfortunately, there's no :prev .
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>I recommend getting VIM. It's the best vi clone (superset) going.
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>It has a "previous" command (i.e. ":pre[vious]") and everything else.
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Does that imply that VIM has no :pre[serve] command?
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Do you just loose your work if the system goes down unexpectedly?
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HansM
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From darren@hunan.rastek.com (Darren Hiebert)
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Subject: Re: Editing multiple files in vi
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Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1993 15:15:41 GMT
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In article <2117k5$3el@wsinti07.info.win.tue.nl> hansm@wsinti07.info.win.tue.nl (Hans Mulder) writes:
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>In <C9Fw3H.7nn@hunan.rastek.com> darren@hunan.rastek.com (Darren Hiebert) writes:
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[ I wrote, about vi: ]
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>>>Unfortunately, there's no :prev .
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>>I recommend getting VIM. It's the best vi clone (superset) going.
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>>It has a "previous" command (i.e. ":pre[vious]") and everything else.
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>Does that imply that VIM has no :pre[serve] command?
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>Do you just loose your work if the system goes down unexpectedly?
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VIM keeps an autoscript file that contains the changes made to a file since
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the last save. This autoscript file is updated every 100 keystrokes or
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after two seconds of inactivity (both configurable). This allows recovery
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using the usual vi-like method of "vim -r filename".
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BTW, VIM uses ":N[ext]" (opposite direction as ":n[ext]") or ":pre[vious]"
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(two forms of the same command).
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--
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Darren Hiebert (darren@rastek.com) "Made entirely from recycled materials"
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From cmorgan@intel.com (Clark Morgan)
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Subject: Re: Editing multiple files in vi
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Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1993 18:27:45 GMT
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Does vim support the display of multiple windows in the same session,
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ala vile and emacs? I.E., can I open two windows -- one editing, say,
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j.c and one editing, say, k.c, and then use vim commands to switch
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between the two windows/buffers?
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BTW, vile supports this feature and I've become addicted to it.
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