Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:8892 comp.unix.wizards:10585 Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!umix!b-tech!umich!cja From: cja@zippy.eecs.umich.edu (Charles J. Antonelli) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: VI map question Summary: here's how Message-ID: <1069@zippy.eecs.umich.edu> Date: 17 Aug 88 01:54:34 GMT Article-I.D.: zippy.1069 References: <1668@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> Sender: news@zippy.eecs.umich.edu Reply-To: cja@zippy.eecs.umich.edu (Charles J. Antonelli) Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept. Ann Arbor Lines: 14 UUCP-Path: ihnp4!umich!eecs.umich.edu!cja In article <1668@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> @aplvax.jhuapl.edu:jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt) writes: >I am trying to get fmt mapped in my .exrc (to format and replace text) ... i use: map @ {j!}fmt^M}be hitting @ anywhere within a paragraph formats the paragraph, then positions to the next paragraph. you type ^V^M to put ^M in your .exrc (assuming ^V is your `literal-next' character). you can replace `fmt' with any legal shell command line, which should answer your second question. Charles J. Antonelli Internet: cja@crim.eecs.umich.edu 44 ATL, 1101 Beal Ave. Uucp: {ihnp4,umix,citi}!umich!eecs.umich.edu!cja The University of Michigan Phone: 313-936-9362 Ann Arbor, MI 49109-2210 "When the going gets tough, the tough reboot."