javey@hybrid.UUCP (shahram javey) (02/07/91)
I want to write a simple macro that opens a new line and inserts the vertical bar (unix pipe operator). I cannot find a way of turning off the meaning of | in ex. Is there a way? The macro I've tried is map v o| When i try to execute this macro I get a blank line. Where is the vertical bar? I thought that in insert mode you should be able to enter any character. Well, o puts you in insert mode. What is missing? Thanks...sj
steinbac@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Guenter Steinbach) (02/09/91)
In comp.editors, javey@hybrid.UUCP (shahram javey) writes: > map v o| > When i try to execute this macro I get a blank line. Where is the vertical > bar? I thought that in insert mode you should be able to enter any character. > Well, o puts you in insert mode. What is missing? What is mising is a control-V before the pipe to escape it (turn off its special meaning). I guess you lose that pipe when the macro is defined, not when it is interpreted. This works for me when :so'urced into a vi session: map v o^V| Good luck, and get those Basselopes something to do! Guenter Steinbach gunter_steinbach@hplabs.hp.com