vi question - (nf)

tierney at fortune.UUCP tierney at fortune.UUCP
Thu Mar 22 14:05:54 AEST 1984


#R:houxz:-71000:fortune:26900032:000:558
fortune!tierney    Mar 21 17:43:00 1984

***** fortune:net.unix / houxz!halle1 /  6:28 am  Mar 20, 1984
Is there any way to switch to a file, do some editing, then come
back to the original file?  I know that :n file2 file1   will work,
but that can get inconvenient when long paths must be typed in.
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Why, of course there is!


	try:

		(edit, edit, edit, etc. file 1)

		:w		#save file 1 changes

		:e file2	#edit file2

		:e#		#edit the alternate file (file 1)

	:e XXX   edits XXX 

	:e#	 edits the alternate file

		 and you can switch back and forth.

Wonderful.
	charlie tierney



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