jlh@loral.UUCP (07/23/84)
When I use vi one of the first things I usually do is execute the command :map g :.=^VCR so that by hitting the g key it tells me what line I'm on. I would like to have my editor come up with this command in place. Can anybody tell me how to do this? I'm running 4.2BSd, and I don't know what version of vi I have. Thanks in advance. Jim
ciampa@wivax.UUCP (Robert Ciampa) (07/24/84)
Have you tried contol-g to get the line number?
It also gives total lines in the file and a percentage
of how deep you are in the file...
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Wang Institute (617) 649-9731 x372rad@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA (07/25/84)
>When I use vi one of the first things I usually do is execute the command > > :map g :.=^VCR > >so that by hitting the g key it tells me what line I'm on. I would like >to have my editor come up with this command in place. Can anybody >tell me how to do this? ... Place the same command (without the colon) in the file .exrc in your home directory. You can put a lot of commands in there (set's, map's, abbrev's, etc.) to save time when you start up. If you don't like your standard setup in your .exrc file (e.g., you might want different settings when editing text than when editing programs), you can set the environmental variable EXINIT to make vi initialize from some other file: setenv EXINIT "source .differentexrc" By the way, typing control-G does the same thing as your map, in a considerably more verbose fashion. Dick Dramstad rad@mitre-bedford
kae@ihuxl.UUCP (Alan Edwards) (07/30/84)
<eat it eat it eat it> How about trying this: :map g ^G Control-G will give you what line you're on along with some other goodies. -- -Alan Edwards IX 1C-423 x0879 (ihuxl!kae)