[comp.editors] elvis and macros

wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle) (05/15/91)

Can someone give me a work around for the fact that elvis'
map macros don't work?

All of my map macros are two to three letters long, starting with ;

Stuff like:

map ;be o\begin{e}^M^M^M\end{e}^V^[4k4wcw

or

map ;f1 :s/From: //^MI(^[f@bhi)^[a^M^[k"fdd"fpkA,^[J0j

You know, the usual vi macros we know and love.

I don't want to insult Steve.  Elvis is marvelous.  However, more
effort is needed to make it vi compatible than adding all the new
whiz-bang features.  jstevie is better than elvis in this (vi
compatibility) respect.

-Mitch