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From: edp328j@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (3B Systems Support)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: vi:Too much macro text
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.203635.1190@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 7 Mar 91 20:36:35 GMT
Organization: Caulfield Campus, Monash University, Melb., Australia.
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pete@TIRS.oz.au (Peter Bartel) writes:

> Having incorporated a lot of Tom Christiansen's macros (thanks Tom)
> into my .exrc, I now find that when I start vi or source .exrc I get:
>     Too much macro text

A common cause of this is editing a file in $HOME when $HOME/.exrc
exists - vi happily grabs .exrc twice (the one in $HOME and the one
in the current working directory).

Ralphe Neill