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From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Vi question
Message-ID: <1989Oct19.221941.9754@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 19 Oct 89 22:19:41 GMT
References: <1494@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <1989Oct17.203042.14712@mrspoc.Transact.COM>
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As quoted from <1989Oct17.203042.14712@mrspoc.Transact.COM> by itkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List):
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| como@max.bnl.gov (Andrew T. Como) writes:
| >	Also how can I keep switching from file1 to file2 without
| >"setting autowrite".
| 
| I define a macro in my .exrc for this:
| 
| 	map ^A :e #^M
+---------------

Those who don't understand vi are condemned to reinvent it....

Try ^^ (often CTRL-6 or CTRL-SHIFT-6).  (This will fail on a terminal or
terminal emulator using a Televideo-style emulation, including Wyse 50s, since
^^ is the HOME key and vi maps it to the H command.)

++Brandon
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