Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!att!whuts!homxb!homxc!roger 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 (-; (-; "Where never is heard a discouraging word, and the skies are not cloudy all day." :-) :-)