shelby@rtech.ARPA (Shelby Thornton) (05/01/85)
> from: GV Goebel > to: UNIX gurus, real and aspiring > date: Thursday, 25 April 1985 0800 > > Is there any way to do a "reply" when using Mail - and do it using vi? > > Regards - GVG > hplabs!hp-pcd!gvg Yes, After you enter your reply command, type ~e, which will put you in the editor. If you want vi, this gives you ex, type vi. Shelby Thornton {amdahl, sun}!rtech!shelby ucbvax!mtxinu!rtech!shelby
jeff@rtech.ARPA (Jeff Lichtman) (05/01/85)
> > Is there any way to do a "reply" when using Mail - and do it using vi? > > > > Regards - GVG > > Yes, After you enter your reply command, type ~e, which will put > you in the editor. If you want vi, this gives you ex, type vi. > > Shelby Thornton ~v gets you directly into vi. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) aka Swazoo Koolak {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff
dan@digi-g.UUCP (Dan Messinger) (05/08/85)
In article <340@rtech.ARPA> shelby@rtech.ARPA (Shelby Thornton) writes: >> Is there any way to do a "reply" when using Mail - and do it using vi? >> >Yes, After you enter your reply command, type ~e, which will put >you in the editor. If you want vi, this gives you ex, type vi. I think the ~v command would be easier. Puts you in vi directly instead of going through ex first. Or if you like, Mail has setable options that will let you define any editor you want for the ~e and ~v commands. Dan Messinger ihnp4!umn-cs!digi-g!dan