stanj@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Stan Jaffe) (06/11/91)
Hi, I have two questions for the group. 1. Another poster mentioned a collection of vi tips. Could someone send this to me if it exists. 2. I would like to be able to move the cursor to a label and have vi then search for other occurances of that label. So far I have: lbi/^V^["sd2euw@s^M which DOES work. However, it "modifies" the file as far as the modified file flag is concerned. I then have to use e! rather than than e to get the next file. This in itself isn't really a problem, but I always wonder whether I REALLY DID modify the file intentionally and forgot what I did, or just did a search. A similar feature I just discovered is the use of a tags file. This is really great for firmware development where source code is distributed over many source files. However, I'm using a rather arcane language similar to ALGOL so had to write my own ctags program to generate the tags file. To me tags is the greatest thing since sliced bread: it's incredibly fast and I don't have to continually consult my linker map to find where various procedures are located. Any tags tips? Thanks for the help, Stan Jaffe A.K.A. stanj@sr.hp.com HP Santa Rosa, Calif. "Not responsible for any opinions but my own" ------------------------------------------------------------------