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From: rkumar@buddha.usc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Request for vi macros
Summary: Thanks to all who sent info.
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Date: 28 Feb 89 18:18:31 GMT
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>
Sometime back, I requested for vi macros. Thanks to all
the people who sent me helpful mail regarding this.

Summary : You can map the string "bf" to mean a much
longer string as follows.

:map bf \begin{figure}^V^M \end{figure}
or
:ab  bf \begin{figure}^V^M \end{figure} 

Later, when you use "bf" after a white space, vi (your
magic editor) will insert your favorite string for you.
Isn't vi nice?

Ravi


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Pardon me, but UNIX *is* male chauvinistic. Look at all those
*man* commands!
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