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From: rhartman@thestepchild.sgi.com (Robert Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Comments in .exrc?
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Date: 2 May 91 23:00:06 GMT
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In article <26748@adm.brl.mil> RSS%CALSTATE.bitnet@vm.usc.edu (Richard S. Smith) writes:
>Here's an interesting one:  I'm looking for a way to selectively
>comment out certain lines in my .exrc file.  ...
>
>Richard Smith - RSS@CALSTATE.BITNET

It isn't documented, but in some versions of ex the double-quote in the
leftmost column is, I believe, taken as a comment.

-r