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From: wk@hpirs.HP.COM (Wayne Krone)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: vi eats control-Ds in sourced files
Message-ID: <3900001@hpirs.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 88 00:25:25 GMT
References: <10817@mimsy.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
Lines: 23

> Index:	ucb/ex/ex_get.c 4.3BSD Fix
> 
> Description:
> 	When vi (ex) reads .exrc files or other sourced files, it
> 	discards control-D.  This makes it difficult to map something
> 	to a string that includes a control-D, or to remap ^D itself.
> 
> Repeat-By:
> 	Create a .exrc file with the line
> 
> 		map! ^D foo
> 
> 	(that is, map control-D anything).  Run vi; note `missing rhs'
> 	error.

Is this really a problem that needs fixing?  Quote the ctrl-D with a
ctrl-V and it works without the fix.  The following line entered either
interactively or via a .exrc file will accomplish the desired result:

		map! ^V^D foo

Wayne Krone
Hewlett-Packard