Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!gatech!mcnc!rti!tijc02!djm408 From: djm408@tijc02.UUCP (David Marks ) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Yet another vi question Message-ID: <260@tijc02.UUCP> Date: 21 Sep 88 16:50:25 GMT Organization: Texas Instr., Johnson City TN Lines: 32 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 It thinks that I want to edit two files (template.rpt, and myreport) and says so, but somehow while building the buffer it core dumps! I also tried putting "r template.rpt" in the EXINIT environment variable and/or in the .exrc file. It still doesn't work. I would like to do this so that I can automate a reporting system we use for software modifications/bugs by giving developers vi to edit the report while forcing them to use the template (no flames here please! They can always erase the template if they don't want it with ":1,$d". :-) ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #includeLIFE IS NOT A MALFUNCTION! - Number 5 Pony Express: | Electric Avenue: ============= | ================ | David J. Marks | ...!mcnc!rti!tijc02!djm408 Texas Instrument | M/S 3520 | Ma Bell: Erwin Highway/P. O. Drawer 125 | ======== Johnson City, TN. 37605 | | 615-461-2074