Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!gpvos From: gpvos@cs.vu.nl (Gerben 'P' Vos) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: A question on .exrc while using vi Keywords: exrc vi Message-ID: <8490@star.cs.vu.nl> Date: 12 Dec 90 15:34:24 GMT References: <5315@graphite20.UUCP> <1990Dec9.033641.9731@csn.org> <110105@convex.convex.com> Sender: news@cs.vu.nl Lines: 17 Several people wrote in follow-up to: >:>> The goal: >:>> All I am trying to do is replace the 'the's by 'an's. >:>> That's all. The answer was: > %s/\/an/g Now, does anyone know what caused the core dump when the original poster put something quite like this (only slightly incorrect) in his .exrc ? - Gerben. -- --- Gerben Vos - Aconet: BIGBEN!Gerben Vos - Internet: gpvos@cs.vu.nl "While you are here, your wives and girlfriends are dating handsome American movie and TV stars. Stars like Tom Selleck, Bruce Willis, and Bart Simpson." -- Baghdad Betty