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From: hutch@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Jim Hutchison)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: stuff chars
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Date: Wed, 3-Dec-86 02:30:34 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  3 02:30:34 1986
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You can use TIOCSTI (simulate terminal input), and send what you wish.

I suggest sending "\n:stop\n" to stop vi, this should circumvent that
flushing problem you get with just sending ^Z to vi and letting it deal
with the intterupt.  This also gets around the problem of having the
stop character set to something other than ^Z (heaven forbid! :-)

map Q :!yourcommand &^M

You need the \n starter to get out of the "return to continue" message, and
the :stop to get vi stopped.  This seems a rather convoluted way to go.

What made a subshell so unsuitable to your needs?

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