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From: larry@macom1.UUCP (Larry Taborek)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Vi question
Message-ID: <4950@macom1.UUCP>
Date: 16 Oct 89 11:22:43 GMT
References: <1494@bnlux0.bnl.gov>
Organization: CENTEL Federal Systems, Reston, VA. 22091-1506
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From article <1494@bnlux0.bnl.gov>, by como@max.bnl.gov (Andrew T. Como):
> 
> 	I have a question about "vi"...If you are editing
> a file and want to look at another file (just for reference)
> is there a way?
> 
> 	I have tried ":r filename" and it appends the filename to
> the original file.

Try ":!{cat,more,pg,head,tail} filename"
It will list the file on your screen and then let you continue to
edit your file.

> 
> 	Also how can I keep switching from file1 to file2 without
> "setting autowrite".
> 
You can edit multiple files in a single vi session just by
starting it with multiple file names as arguments like.

vi filename1 filename2 filename3...

Then you can switch to the next with the :n command, but you MUST
write the file you are editing before moving on to the next or
you will loose your editing changes.

Hope this helps...
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