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From: steinbac@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Guenter Steinbach)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Does vi have a conditional (if) command?
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Date: 1 May 91 04:16:18 GMT
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In comp.editors, ray@vantage.UUCP (Ray Liere) writes:

> Is there an "if" statement in vi?

I believe not, unfortunately.

The only semblance of a conditional action is the fact that a mapped
command that consists of several subcommands stops working altogether
on the first failed subcommand.  And that mapped command could itself
map other commands if successful.

This can come in handy but I doubt that it is powerful enough for your
purposes.

	 Guenter Steinbach		gunter_steinbach@hplabs.hp.com