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From: kono@csl.sony.co.jp (Shinji Kono)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Vi/Ex: Editor command line editor?
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Date: 28 Feb 91 16:30:07 GMT
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In article <5104@lure.latrobe.edu.au>  
	, ECSGRT@lure.latrobe.edu.au (GEOFFREY TOBIN, ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING) writes 
>  :.,.+3s/some long expression/another long expression/g...
>    OOPS!  I mistyped something.
>Command line editing for ex?

In vi, my friends gave me this. (Yes, I prefer vi, even in non crt terminal..)
map ^X "zdd@z
map! ^X "zdd@z
Of course ^X means real control-X. Input your complex :command, and
^X will delete it and execute it.
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