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From: rick@tetrauk.UUCP (Rick Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: edit multiple files in vi?
Message-ID: <737@tetrauk.UUCP>
Date: 24 Sep 90 17:06:09 GMT
References: <1990Sep19.133419@ai.mit.edu> <gayHz7P0BwwZ0f5VER@transarc.com>
Reply-To: rick@tetrauk.UUCP (Rick Jones)
Organization: Tetra Ltd., Maidenhead, UK
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In article <gayHz7P0BwwZ0f5VER@transarc.com> Dan_Bloch@TRANSARC.COM writes:
>
>A few additions to the recent discussion on editing multiple files
>in vi:
>
>   One caveat:  autowrite also saves changes if you do a :sh or control-Z.
							  ^^^

A nitpick:

	:sh DOES NOT write out when autowrite is on

	:! <command> DOES

	so :sh is not the same as :!sh

	This is in fact useful to know if you habitually have autowrite on
	and then want a shell without writing out the file - like if you want
	to look at something in the unedited version before scribbling on it!

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