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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: question about vi
Message-ID: <647@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 88 13:05:56 GMT
References: <611@nvuxl.UUCP> <730001@hpfelg.HP.COM>
Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Organization: The College On The Other Side of Route 1
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In article <730001@hpfelg.HP.COM> lls@hpfelg.HP.COM (Lauri Schaaf) writes:
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...When using mailx and writing a memo...
...you can use " ~v " -- this will put
...you into vi mode for your memo....

Actually, it invokes whatever is defined for the environmental variable
VISUAL.  I happen to use emacs.