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From: leder@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Leder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: help w/ a vi map
Message-ID: <1187@ihlpm.ATT.COM>
Date: Wed, 17-Jun-87 15:10:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: ihlpm.1187
Posted: Wed Jun 17 15:10:58 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 11:43:15 EDT
References: <7881@brl-adm.ARPA>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Summary: embed more ^V's

In article <7881@brl-adm.ARPA>, groff%community-chest.mitre.org@gateway.mitre.ORG writes:
> 
>  ....[ deleted some prose ] ....
>
> 	6)  'vi' the file again and immediately issue the map command.
> 	7)  Get the error: "No previous regular expression"
>

The problem is that the EXINIT or .exrc file is handled (as best I can
tell from experience) as a keystroke file and should include the ^V's
that you had to type in at the command line.

Good Luck,
Bob Leder - it's my opinion and it's worth what it cost you