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From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: question about vi
Message-ID: <3772@fluke.COM>
Date: 16 May 88 16:49:32 GMT
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In article <647@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes:
}In article <730001@hpfelg.HP.COM> lls@hpfelg.HP.COM (Lauri Schaaf) writes:
}...
}...
}...
}...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.
Is there a way of invoking vi whenever you call the mail program, so you don't
have to type ~v each and every time?


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Norm   (strong@tc.fluke.com)