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From: ken@hertz.njit.edu (ken ng cccc)
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Subject: Re: Does vi have a conditional (if) command?
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Date: 2 May 91 12:47:06 GMT
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In article <ED.91May1195659@lvw6.lvw.loral.com> ed@lvw6.lvw.loral.com (Ed Allen) writes:
:In article <1370010@vantage.UUCP> ray@vantage.UUCP (Ray Liere) writes:
:   Is there an "if" statement in vi?
:   I would like to put statements into my .exrc that are conditional
:   (based on $TERM) and would like to do this directly in .exrc (versus
:   having the .profile set up EXINIT for me based on $TERM).
:so $TERM

While that would solve the individual problem, I'd really love to have
a REAL if statement in vi.  There have been many times I've wanted to
write a vi function like one can with REXX/XEDIT, to draw on the capabilities
of vi, but it just isn't there the best I can tell.

Kenneth Ng
"No problem, this is how you make it" -- R. Barclay, ST: TNG