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From: tmb@ai.mit.edu (Thomas M. Breuel)
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Subject: Re: edit multiple files in vi?
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Date: 19 Sep 90 17:34:19 GMT
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In article <24478@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, dlw@palmetto.cis.ufl.edu (Dave
Wilson) writes:
|> The best vi tip I ever got was the following mapping in my .exrc
file:
|> 
|>      map g :e#^M
|> 
|> This lets me toggle between two files without even thinking about
it.
|> Combining this with the character buffers allows me to cut and paste
between
|> the two files without too much difficulty.

Try Control-^.