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From: RSS%CALSTATE.bitnet@vm.usc.edu (Richard S. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Comments in .exrc?
Message-ID: <26748@adm.brl.mil>
Date: 2 May 91 17:20:58 GMT
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Here's an interesting one:  I'm looking for a way to selectively
comment out certain lines in my .exrc file.  The problem is that
vi leaves precious few keys left for remapping, so I need the
ability to turn the definitions on and off with as little fuss
as possible.

If I try a # at the beginning of a line, I get some error message,
and the whole rest of the file gets bypassed.  I could exploit this
as a feature, but I really don't want to.

I suppose the underlying question is whether ex has a "comment" or
"no-op" command.  There's none mentioned in my (Xenix) manuals.

Any ideas?

Richard Smith - RSS@CALSTATE.BITNET