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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
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Subject: Re: SunOS 4.1 & vi
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Date: 13 Sep 90 16:34:19 GMT
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In article <4051@auspex.auspex.com>,
	guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
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)	9. added argument to case operator "~" so that multiple substitutions
)	   per line can occur (e.g. "10~").

The `~' command should be a _real_ operator, like `c', `d' and `y', so
things like `~w' would work as intended.  Now we're supposed to calculate
the length of the word first.  Sheesh!  :-(
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