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From: wayne@fmsrl7.UUCP (//ichael R. //ayne)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: vi assistance sought
Message-ID: <4169@fmsrl7.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 17:43:18 EST
Article-I.D.: fmsrl7.4169
Posted: Fri Nov  6 17:43:18 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Nov-87 23:23:46 EST
Reply-To: wayne@fmsrl7.UUCP (/\/\ichael R. \/\/ayne)
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Organization: Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Labs, Dearborn, MI
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Keywords: vi


	Presume a user is running a version of vi (3.7?) that supports the
startup vi:command: sequence in the first or last lines of the file.
How can s/he do the following:

	1) execute 2-5 commands instead of just one.  The sequence
	   vi: command 1:
	   vi: command 2:
	locks vi up until an interrupt.

	2) execute 1 command and delete the line from the file (this
	could be 2 commands if #1 was solved.

Note that my life will be complete even if we don't have 47 people posting
a message to the effect that it can not be done...

	Also, out of curiosity, why does placing a : in front of the vi
shut off the command? (ie
	vi:command:
will work fine but
	:vi:command:
is ignored?

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