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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: YAVB - yet another VI bug
Message-ID: <1131@ark.cs.vu.nl>
Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 14:01:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: ark.1131
Posted: Mon Oct 12 14:01:43 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 14-Oct-87 04:47:26 EDT
References: <270@astra.necisa.oz>
Reply-To: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
Lines: 29
Summary: It ain't a bug here.

In article <270@astra.necisa.oz> dave@astra.necisa.oz (Dave Horsfall) writes:
\A common technique in VI is to use tab stops every 4 columns by using
\sw=4 and ^D ^T.  However, after a career of bashing the TAB key, it is
\difficult to adjust.
\
\One would think that TAB could be mapped into ^T with "map! ^V^I ^V^T",
\but no - it says "Missing rhs".  Obviously, the ^V does not escape white
\space.
\
\Is this a bug or a feature?  I don't have VI source, which is probably
\just as well - it's been known to drive strong men (& women?) to drink.
\
\-- 
\Dave Horsfall  (VK2KFU)        ACS:  dave@astra.necisa.OZ
\NEC Information Systems Aust.  ARPA: dave%astra.necisa.OZ@uunet.UU.NET
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\St. Leonards NSW 2064 AUSTRALIA       munnari!astra.necisa.OZ!dave

Use

	:map! ^V^V^V^I ^V^T	(the tab has to be escaped twice)

and all's fine.
Good luck!
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