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From: morrell@hpsal2.HP.COM (Michael Morrell)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: vi `ei:' (`modeline')
Message-ID: <5060002@hpsal2.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Oct 88 06:09:47 GMT
References: <13905@mimsy.UUCP>
Organization: HP System Architecture Lab, Cupertino
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/ hpsal2:comp.bugs.sys5 / bak@csd-v.UUCP (Bruce A. Kern) /  7:36 pm  Oct  8, 1988 /
editing the
following file:

0
ex:% s/0/abc/
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2
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ex:% s/0/abc/

produces nothing interesting.
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You need to follow the command with another ":".  Also, the space seems
to confuse my vi.  Try the following:
0
ex:%s/0/abc/:
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2
3
4