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From: roger@homxc.UUCP (Another Technical Editor)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Yet another vi question
Summary: Try cp and shell
Message-ID: <3509@homxc.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 88 12:35:02 GMT
References: <260@tijc02.UUCP>
Organization: Somewhere In Jersey
Lines: 17

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? (etc. etc.)

Write a small shell program:

cp template.rep $1;vi $1

and use this program instead of spelunking through vi's feature set. 

> David J. Marks                     |    ...!mcnc!rti!tijc02!djm408

Roger Tait                             ..att!homxc!roger
AT&T Bell Labs Technical Publications        Holmdel, NJ

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