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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Odd vi response when input redirected
Keywords: vi, !cmd
Message-ID: <3052@solo1.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 23 Aug 89 21:01:17 GMT
References: <8649@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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ray@saturn.ucsc.edu (Ray Swartz) writes:
\...
\The benefit of redirecting the input of vi is that you can put your own
\process in place of cat and implement a "hot key" function for vi.  On my
\system, the hot key (a ctrl-A) displays a vi help menu for novice users.

Easy. In /etc/profile (or .profile, .login, etc.) simply put:

	EXINIT='map ^A :!/usr/lib/vi_help^M'
	export EXINIT

or something alike.  No need to redirect stdin.
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