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From: benson@dcdwest.UUCP (Peter Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Register Commands in Vi
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Date: 20 Sep 89 00:56:46 GMT
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I have noted with respect the complex and powerful macros
people have generated for vi, e.g., centering lines.  I have
been trying to create a special one myself to no avail.  What
I am trying to do is create a macro that will act similar to
the tags function.  In this case, however, I would like to
position the cursor at the front of a file name, as in the "s"
in system in

.so system

and have the command

:n system

be executed.  I envision that this will be accomplished by
storing ":n " in a register, adding the file name to the
register and then executing the command in the register.  I
have tried numerous ways with no success.  Can someone think
of a solution?

PS
I use :<line,line>!ff -c to center stuff and it works quite
well.  ff is a useful program.
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