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From: tporczyk@na.excelan.com (Tony Porczyk)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: switch vi modes in mapping
Keywords: vi map
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Date: 13 Feb 91 06:55:58 GMT
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Quick question for vi users. When I map my F1 function keys in .exrc:

map	^[OP :!clear;more .helpfile^M

it works fine as long as I am in command mode. I would like to make
it mode independent and be able to invoke it regardless of mode,
however, placing Esc at the beggining doesn't help:

map	^[OP ^[:!clear;more .helpfile^M

Is there any way to make vi switch to command mode this way?
If I could make multiple switches like that in one mapping, I could
do wonders with that stuff (make it behave almost like my DOS editor :)

Thanks,

Tony