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From: mostek@motcid.UUCP (Frank B. Mostek)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: line moving while in insert mode
Keywords: line moving while in insert mode
Message-ID: <6259@beryl12.UUCP>
Date: 23 Apr 91 20:57:56 GMT
References: <6219@beryl12.UUCP> <1991Apr21.235359.21924@umbc3.umbc.edu>
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rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian) writes:

>In article <6219@beryl12.UUCP> you write:

>You won't need to look beyond the first line of your .exrc:
>>map 0 mz

These mappings help me with cut and paste.  The control chars did not
get displayed.  The actual map is:
                                                         
map CTRL-VPause mz	#map Pause key in Sun keyboard
map CTRL-VPrSc  "wy`z
map CTRL-VSLB   "wP
                                                      
Also, there were some newlines in there...

>The reason that the strange definitions in your .exrc do not handicap you
>in directories other than the home directory, is that your environment
>most probably includes a EXINIT variable.  Whenever EXINIT is defined,
>vi skips .exrc, except when .exrc is in the current directory.

I find these mappings very helpful, and they do work in other
directories, i.e., EXINIT is not defined in my environment.  However,
the 0 does work when I move the .exrc file, so I changed the key to one
that does not contain a 0 in its control sequence, and that fixed the
problem.  It's still a mystery why the problem only occurred in the
home directory, i.e., why did the mappings work, but the 0 did not get
erroneously mapped?
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