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From: boykin@multimax.Encore.COM (Joe Boykin)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Yet another vi question
Message-ID: <3706@encore.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 88 15:13:41 GMT
References: <260@tijc02.UUCP>
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Reply-To: boykin@multimax.UUCP (Joe Boykin)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
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In article <260@tijc02.UUCP> djm408@tijc02.UUCP (David Marks         ) writes:
>How does one enter vi to edit a particular file, and upon entry pull
>in a template to use as a fill in the blank form? For example, let us say I
>want to create a report called myreport, and the standard template is stored
>in template.rpt. I tried the following (and variations thereof)
>
>     vi +'r template.rpt' myreport

This is close, but not quite.  Try the following:

	vi "+:r template.rpt" myreport

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Joe Boykin
Encore Computer Corp

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