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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
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Subject: Re: Why oh Why "Cannot put inside global/macro"
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Date: 12 Dec 90 19:04:41 GMT
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In article <14895@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>,
	ir586@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (J Anthony Deutsch) writes:
)Why does the macro:
)	map q dd1GP
)give me the error :
)	cannot put inside global/macro

That's a known bug.  Workaround: learn `ex' commands!

	map q :m0^V^M
--
In the Bourne shell syntax tabs and spaces are equivalent almost everywhere.
The exception: _indented_ here documents.  :-(
Does anyone remember the famous mistake Makefile-novices often make?