Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.text Subject: Re: can vi/ex source beginning of text on startup? Message-ID: <1704@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 20:04:36 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.1704 Posted: Fri Dec 7 20:04:36 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Dec-84 03:16:38 EST References: <31@politik.UUCP> <107@bigtuna.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.unix:3053 net.text:292 Re: setting EXINIT to contain a ``:source'' command: You can also create a file called ``.exrc'' in your home directory, which ex/vi/view/e/edit/[what's the other one?]---these are all the same program---will read every time it fires up. But I think the idea was to have *file dependent* behaviour. Some vi's will also read ./.exrc. -- (This line accidently left nonblank.) In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (301) 454-7690 UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland