question about vi

Norm Strong strong at tc.fluke.COM
Tue May 17 02:49:32 AEST 1988


In article <647 at mccc.UUCP> pjh at mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes:
}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....
}
}Actually, it invokes whatever is defined for the environmental variable
}VISUAL.  I happen to use emacs.
Is there a way of invoking vi whenever you call the mail program, so you don't
have to type ~v each and every time?


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Norm   (strong at tc.fluke.com)



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