Let's talk about vi
davis at hplabs.UUCP
davis at hplabs.UUCP
Sun Mar 4 10:53:12 AEST 1984
. <- Raid, kills bugs
Okay, would any vi hacks out there like to explain the following
to me.
1. Why is the 'Y' command destroyed by mapping the character
'_' (underscore 0x5f) to any command sequence? This destruction
is reversed by unmapping that character.
2. Why is the ":cd" command documented only in the source?
3. Why does the undocumented command '~' (tilde 0x7e) not accept an
repeat count?
4. Why does using the 'R' command to replace text, when the replacement
continues past column 80 (and wraps), semi-trash the next line?
By semi-trash, I mean that causing vi to redisplay those characters
will cause it to display the wrong characters, until a '^L'
(form feed 0x0c), 'z' or other screen re-drawing command is done.
Thank you for your time.
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Jim Davis (James W Davis)
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