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From: kieffer%Ucnet.UNCA.AdhocNet.CA@UNCAEDU.BITNET
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Subject: rfi edit in line editing mode
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Date: 18 Dec 87 18:50:17 GMT
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Greetings,

I decided to automate some of my mail editing functions, and created a
number of definitions that will insert a paragraph containing name and
address at the end, etc, the usual things.
I ran into a problem though when I tried to  have a "> " placed in front
of the text to which I am replying.
I have associated a sequence of line editing commands to a sequence
of keystrokes like:
 define key gold control a as 'I> ^Z nl'
but it seems I cannot tell the command to repeat from begin:end, I can of
course use 100(I> ^Z nl), but then if there are only 10 lines of text, the
editor creates another 90. Not quite what I intended....

help! please

Rom Kieffer
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Canada