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From: arra@inmet.inmet.com
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: elvis problems and a warning
Message-ID: <18700002@inmet>
Date: 15 Nov 90 14:40:00 GMT
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Nf-From: inmet.inmet.com!arra    Nov 15 09:40:00 1990


Although elvis does look good after a very short try, it's missing a "vi" 
feature I have come to rely on alot, the :f newfile command, where the 
current buffer stays the same, but gets attached to a new file name. 
(This is considered a new file, so if a file of that name actually exists,
you won't find out until you try to save, when "vi" warns you and 
will not allow the overwrite unless you :w!)

Elvis complains when given :f newfile that "newfile" are extraneous characters
following the "file" command. The :file command without a filename merely
reports the name of the current file, as does ^G.