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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: vi eats control-Ds in sourced files
Message-ID: <10856@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 88 12:55:09 GMT
References: <10817@mimsy.UUCP> <3900001@hpirs.HP.COM>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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>In article <10817@mimsy.UUCP> I wrote
>>Index:	ucb/ex/ex_get.c 4.3BSD Fix
>>Description:
>>	When vi (ex) reads .exrc files or other sourced files, it
>> 	discards control-D.

In article <3900001@hpirs.HP.COM> wk@hpirs.HP.COM (Wayne Krone) writes:
>Is this really a problem that needs fixing?

Yes.

>Quote the ctrl-D with a ctrl-V and it works without the fix.

Not in 4.3BSD (see `Index:' above).  A 4.3BSD .exrc containing
the `map!' command with the following sequence of characters:

	control-V control-D space f o o

Running vi produces a `missing rhs' error and ^D has not been
map!'ed.
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