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From: wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: elvis and macros
Summary: map doesn't
Keywords: elvis can't do macros
Message-ID: <28767@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>
Date: 15 May 91 16:09:17 GMT
References: <1991May14.181147.13897@unislc.uucp>
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Reply-To: wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle)
Organization: Departement Informatik, ETH, Zurich
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Can someone give me a work around for the fact that elvis'
map macros don't work?

All of my map macros are two to three letters long, starting with ;

Stuff like:

map ;be o\begin{e}^M^M^M\end{e}^V^[4k4wcw

or

map ;f1 :s/From: //^MI(^[f@bhi)^[a^M^[k"fdd"fpkA,^[J0j

You know, the usual vi macros we know and love.

I don't want to insult Steve.  Elvis is marvelous.  However, more
effort is needed to make it vi compatible than adding all the new
whiz-bang features.  jstevie is better than elvis in this (vi
compatibility) respect.

-Mitch