VI and MAILX (was: Re: question about vi)

Wolf N. Paul wnp at dcs.UUCP
Sun May 15 17:36:54 AEST 1988


In article <730001 at hpfelg.HP.COM> lls at hpfelg.HP.COM (Lauri Schaaf) writes:
 >
 >When using mailx and writing a memo...
 >you can use " ~v " -- this will put
 >you into vi mode for your memo....
 >When your done just :wq! or ZZ and 
 >memo is ready to be sent -- this is
 >better documented in your manual.

 UNIX SysV mailx requires you to press Control-D after quitting
 VI in order to send the message.
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