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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Putting an '=' in an environment variable (with signature)
Message-ID: <593@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-May-87 20:41:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: neoucom.593
Posted: Sun May 24 20:41:54 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 25-May-87 06:36:42 EDT
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Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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Keywords: PC/VI,=
Summary: Are you using MKS Toolkit's vi?



Hi,

If you`re using the MKS Toolkit's vi, you set the initial
environment for vi from a file named EX.RC in your $HOME directory
(if you're using the Korn shell).  If you are running in (MS) DOS,
the EX.RC should be in your ROOT directory.  Vi also requires you
to create a directory named \TMP on your default drive.

One restriction in EX.RC is that you only set one variable per
line.  For instance, my EX.RC file looks like this:

se wm=5
se noai
se nu

I know this doesn't answer using an equals sign in a (MS) DOS
environment variable, but it is a practical solution to the
problem.  I'm not sure if it's possible to put an = in an
environment variable.  There was recently a discussion of the = in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.

Bill Mayhew
Division of Basic Medical Sciences
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Rootstown, OH  44272  USA    phone:  216-325-2511
(wtm@neoucom.UUCP   ...!cbatt!neoucom!wtm)