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From: allan@qtlon.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: NEW vi feature ???
Message-ID: <255@qtlon.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Apr-84 20:28:15 EST
Article-I.D.: qtlon.255
Posted: Wed Apr 18 20:28:15 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Apr-84 08:23:43 EST
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<no, no, no. Please don't eat me>
not only does a line
vi:q!:
screw up vi and ex but so do the following. Try makeing a file with one
of the following in and see what happens;
vi:!echo hello:
ex:!echo hello:
vx:!echo hello:
ei:!echo hello:
xxxxxxxxxxxei:!echo hello:hdscbshbcjshadcsd

the rule is (for some reason) if you try to edit a file with vi or ex, and
one of the lines is of the following format
string[ev][xi]:cmd:string
then cmd with be executed as an ex command.
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