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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: question about vi
Message-ID: <668@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 17 May 88 18:04:49 GMT
References: <611@nvuxl.UUCP> <730001@hpfelg.HP.COM> <647@mccc.UUCP> <3772@fluke.COM>
Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
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In article <3772@fluke.COM> strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) writes:
...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?

Well, you type ~v only when you want to send a reply.  My normal use is
to R to the mail message, then type ~f to get the message into the mail
editor buffer, and then type ~v to get my visual editor (emacs). 
Doesn't seem like a lot of keystrokes.  When I have a really short
reply, I don't bother with either ~f or ~v.