Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!udel!udccvax1!fowser From: fowser@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Scott Fowser) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Vi Question Message-ID: <1490@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> Date: 17 Jun 88 16:23:28 GMT Reply-To: fowser@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Scott Fowser ) Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 11 I am trying to map the key K so that it puts the buffer "p and deletes a single character. I use the following command: :map K "pPx When K is pressed, the command works fine the first time, but the buffer, "p is deleted and can't be used again. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Is there a way to do the mapped command 50 times in a row? 50K will not repeat the command 50 times.