Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Path: utzoo!sq!lee
From: lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin)
Subject: Re: Obscure Vi bug?
Message-ID: <1990Aug2.193451.158@sq.sq.com>
Organization: SoftQuad Inc.
References: <39591@sequent.UUCP> <11626@ingr.com> <josef.649521753@peun11>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 90 19:34:51 GMT
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josef@nixpbe.UUCP (Moellers) writes:
>lester@ingr.com (Lester Bartel) writes:
>>I cannot seem to make the | (pipe) work in a macro.

>The problem is, that the bar (|) is a meta character "in the command
>line" [...]  You can write "map a b | map c d"
>Unfortunately, there is no way of escaping the bar, like escaping the
>brackets ([]) by prefixing a backslash.

Actually, from vi,
	:map g 70^V^V|
works fine.  (type control-V, not ^V)

It is tricky deciding when to use \ and when to use ^V, and how many of
each to use, even if you understand the rules.

Lee
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