lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) (03/18/88)
When I go into vi with two edit files specified, I sometimes would like to be able to edit just the first and say "Write out these changes and get out of the program all together". I tried writing a macro called Q which would do a :wq! and that didnt work. I then tried to get it to do: :wq!\n:q! and that didnt seem to work. Anyone have any more ideas? Thanks! -- Larry W. Virden 75046,606 (CIS) 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 osu-cis!n8emr!lwv (UUCP) osu-cis!n8emr!lwv@PSUVAX1 (BITNET) We haven't inherited the world from our parents, but borrowed it from our children.
brian@bucc2.UUCP (03/21/88)
> When I go into vi with two edit files specified, I sometimes would like to be > able to edit just the first and say "Write out these changes and get out of > the program all together". I tried writing a macro called Q which would do > a > :wq! > and that didnt work. > I then tried to get it to do: > :wq!\n:q! > and that didnt seem to work. Anyone have any more ideas? > Thanks! Try: map Q :wq!^VRETURN RETURN represents your enter key, be it marked newline, enter, return, or whatever. ^V represents control-V. Note this could be a dangerous macro to have set up. Note also that if you re-map Q to do this, you can't use Q to do what it normally does (go into ed-mode) without first unmapping Q. ............................................................................... When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Brian Michael Wendt UUCP: {cepu,ihnp4,uiucdcs,noao}!bradley!brian Bradley University ARPA: cepu!bradley!brian@seas.ucla.edu (309) 691-5175 ICBM: 40 40' N 89 34' W
rigoutso@ACF8.NYU.EDU (Isidore Rigoutsos) (06/14/89)
Hello everyone. I have a vi question: whenever I execute a shell command from within vi, (say 'fmt'), I get right before the point where the cursor was when I executed the command a sequence of control characters, namely: ^[K (Notice that this happens only on a SUN workstation and not on a VAX) Where does this sequence come from and How can I get rid of it? Thanks in advance, isidore ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Isidore Rigoutsos |INTERNET: rigoutso@acf8.nyu.edu Robotics Lab., Computer Science Department,|BITNET: rigoutso%acf8@UCCVM.NYU.EDU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,| or rigoutso%acf8@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU New York University, New York, NY 10012 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (06/14/89)
rigoutso@ACF8.NYU.EDU (Isidore Rigoutsos) <8906131928.AA24142@acf8.NYU.EDU> : - -I have a vi question: whenever I execute a shell command from within vi, -(say 'fmt'), I get right before the point where the cursor was when I -executed the command a sequence of control characters, namely: ^[K Do you perhaps have a .cshrc file on the Sun machine which contains a `tset...` command or something similar? I've gotten spurious material before from the new shell initializing with a .cshrc that generated output. This is easy to see if you put an "echo message" line in the .cshrc file. Always assuming that your shell is some variant of csh, of course...
mab@ulysses.att.com (Muhammad Basit) (06/15/90)
I have a simple vi question. How do I substitute a character with the newline character in vi? I tried '\n', '\\n', the ascii code etc but it doesn't seem to work. I would very much appreciate a response from someone in this regard. If this problem has already been discussed on the net just send me an email. Thank you all MB
ronald@atcmp.nl (Ronald Pikkert) (06/15/90)
From article <13132@ulysses.att.com>, by mab@ulysses.att.com (Muhammad Basit): > I have a simple vi question. How do I substitute a character with the > newline character in vi? I tried '\n', '\\n', the ascii code etc but > it doesn't seem to work. > > I would very much appreciate a response from someone in > this regard. If this problem has already been discussed on the net > just send me an email. > > Thank you all > > MB
David.Morgan@FtCollins.NCR.COM (David Morgan) (06/15/90)
try: <Cntl-V><Return> -- *------*------*------*------*------*------*------*------*------*------*------* David Morgan, CAD Software Development, NCR Microelectronics 2001 Danfield Court +----------------------------------------- Ft. Collins, Colorado 80525 | David.Morgan@FtCollins.NCR.com (303)223-5100 Ext. 337 | uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-mpd!bach!davem
tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (/32767) (06/16/90)
In article <13132@ulysses.att.com> mab@ulysses.att.com (Muhammad Basit) writes: >I have a simple vi question. How do I substitute a character with the >newline character in vi? I tried '\n', '\\n', the ascii code etc but >it doesn't seem to work. Assuming that <r><ENTER> isn't what you want, type Qs/search-pattern/\<ENTER>/<ENTER>vi<ENTER> This takes you to ex, which can handle this sort of thing. "vi<ENTER>" puts you back into vi. Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM tif@doorstop, sc30661@ausvm6 512/838-7008 | ...!cs.utexas.edu!ibmaus!auschs!doorstop.austin.ibm.com!tif
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (06/16/90)
In article <13132@ulysses.att.com> mab@ulysses.att.com (Muhammad Basit) writes: >I have a simple vi question. How do I substitute a character with the >newline character in vi? I tried '\n', '\\n', the ascii code etc but >it doesn't seem to work. :1,$ s/c/^v^M/g (^v is <ctrl-v> and ^M is <return>. You will only see ^M) -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
steinbac@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Gunter Steinbach) (06/16/90)
Use :s/x/^M/ to replace x with a newline. The "^M" gets typed in as Control-V Control-M. Works for me on HP-UX 6.5. Guenter Steinbach gunter_steinbach@hplabs.hp.com
tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) (06/16/90)
In article <13132@ulysses.att.com> mab@ulysses.att.com (Muhammad Basit) writes: >I have a simple vi question. How do I substitute a character with the >newline character in vi? I tried '\n', '\\n', the ascii code etc but >it doesn't seem to work. From vi mode, something like: :%s/foobar/foo^V^Mbar/g Make sure you type control-V and control-M. If you put this kind of thing in a macro, you may find you need more control-V's. --tom -- Tom Christiansen {uunet,uiucdcs,sun}!convex!tchrist Convex Computer Corporation tchrist@convex.COM "EMACS belongs in <sys/errno.h>: Editor too big!"
mark@siva.UUCP (Mark Marsh) (06/17/90)
In article <13132@ulysses.att.com> mab@ulysses.att.com (Muhammad Basit) writes: >I have a simple vi question. How do I substitute a character with the >newline character in vi? I tried '\n', '\\n', the ascii code etc but >it doesn't seem to work. When substituting a non-printing (ie control-character) into text in vi the following sequence may be used: s/<initial pattern>/[Ctrl-v]<non-printing character/ Example: To insert a newline character into the string "12345" after '3' then use: s/12345/123[Crtl-v][Enter]45/ Note that in this example that text inside the square ([]) brackets indicate a keystroke (ie [Enter] is pressing the Enter key, and [Ctrl-v] is holding down the Control key, and while it is depressed, type the v key.) -- mark@siva -or- {ames!pacbell!sactoh0}||{ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!unify}!siva!mark "But, I only did what you didn't tell me not to do!" _Users Credo_
als@bohra.cpg.oz (Anthony Shipman) (06/28/90)
In article <2571@awdprime.UUCP>, tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (/32767) writes: > In article <13132@ulysses.att.com> mab@ulysses.att.com (Muhammad Basit) writes: > >I have a simple vi question. How do I substitute a character with the > >newline character in vi? I tried '\n', '\\n', the ascii code etc but > >it doesn't seem to work. > > Assuming that <r><ENTER> isn't what you want, type > > Qs/search-pattern/\<ENTER>/<ENTER>vi<ENTER> I have always used : to get the ex commands and the behaviour is different. When using : the \<ENTER> doesn't work, instead you could use ^V :s/search-pattern/^V^M/ symmetrically, ^V doesn't work if Q is used to get to ex! -- Anthony Shipman ACSnet: als@bohra.cpg.oz.au Computer Power Group 9th Flr, 616 St. Kilda Rd., St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia D
ires@kaspar.UUCP (Bruce R. Larson) (11/09/90)
In article <7103@ozdaltx.UUCP>, root@ozdaltx.UUCP (root) writes: > ... I beleive that there is a > set flag in vi that allows 8 bit writing when saving a file. Can't > locate the code - anyone help? > > Thanks in advance..... > scotty > root@ozdaltx > Try setting the ``nobeautify'' option. Bruce R. Larson Integral Resources, Milton MA Internet: ires.com!blarson@cs.umb.edu Uucp: ..!cs.umb.edu!ires.com!blarson ========================================
pallen@sysp1.hq.af.mil (Pete Allen) (11/14/90)
In <7103@ozdaltx.UUCP> root@ozdaltx.UUCP (root) writes:
*>I have a few files that contain characters in the alternate character
*>set, that is greater than \177, mostly stuff to do ansi graphics for
*>boxes and such. When I edit the file with vi, all of the codes are
*>stripped out and I get a plain text file. I beleive that there is a
*>set flag in vi that allows 8 bit writing when saving a file. Can't
*>locate the code - anyone help?
I'm also interested in that, because I'm trying to enter some escape/control
sequences and can't figure out how to do that either. Our man for vi is only
seven pages long and I wasn't able to find the answer there. I remember
having this problem with edlin on MS-DOS, and the answer was to enter ^v,
which it translated into the ESC thingie. I'l keep my eyes open.
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==============================================================================enteles@tahoe.unr.edu (Philip Enteles) (11/19/90)
First of all check to see if they are being stripped out or just not being displayed. Use :set list to do this. If they are not there try inputing them with the control v method. Type in a control v and then the control letter you want. These two chars will appear as one. Also check to make sure the beautify option is turned off. It strips out most control chars. Hope this helps. Philip Enteles enteles@tahoe.unr.edu