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From: kent@happym.UUCP (Kent Forschmiedt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: VI and MAILX (was: Re: question about vi)
Message-ID: <446@happym.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 88 23:40:12 GMT
References: <88@dcs.UUCP> <10650024@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Reply-To: kent@happym.UUCP (Kent Forschmiedt)
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[ when entering mail in mailx, ~v at the beginning of a line
  will invoke the editor named in the VISUAL variable.
  Dave Decot suggests this alias: ]
>
>alias mailto 'vi /tmp/mail.$$ && | /usr/bin/mailx \!* < /tmp/mail.$$'

I would revise that to:

alias mailto 'vi /tmp/mail.$$ && | /usr/bin/mailx \!* < /tmp/mail.$$; rm -f /tmp/mail.$$'

Assuming that the ";" works the same in csh as in sh.

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