Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bu-cs!encore!multimax!boykin 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> Sender: news@encore.UUCP Reply-To: boykin@multimax.UUCP (Joe Boykin) Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA Lines: 19 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 ---- Joe Boykin Encore Computer Corp UUCP: encore!boykin ARPA: boykin@multimax.arpa