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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: One user's editor wish list
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Date: 12 Mar 91 19:28:12 GMT
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From the keyboard of meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner):
:However, vi only gives you one alternate file, so if you have more
:than 2 files, you lose.

Well, all your buffers stick around.  It's only the line/char position
information on the alternate file that is lost.  You also keep around
things like last search pattern, last substitution, last text inserted,
etc, all of which can be quite handy.


--tom