Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!ucbvax!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpcc05!hpdmd48!alien From: alien@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Tom von Alten) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: vi map magic for "embolden"? Message-ID: <15030003@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> Date: 28 Mar 91 00:12:06 GMT References: <15030001@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID Lines: 11 Or even cleaner: " Embolden one character: Append a backspace. Backup one char and delete " 2 chars. Put,put,put,put, then delete the last backspace. map #4 a\^H^[h2xPpppx Except for one niggling problem - in my .exrc file, this behaves as if I hit carriage return after the above string - it leaves the cursor on the beginning of the next line. What's wrong?? _____________ Tom von Alten email: alien@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com