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Re: <CR> in VI macros

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From: Michael SamChee
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 16:30
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In article <1992Oct7.010920.19165@ennews.eas.asu.edu>, sridhar@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman) writes:
> mschee@bcarh600.bnr.ca (Michael SamChee)
> writes on comp.editors:
> 
> )Hi,
> )
> )Example
> )-------
> )- first, edit a file: "vi file1"
> )- then from within file1, edit another file: ":!vi file2"  
> )
> )Problem
> )-------
> )Write a macro that would "pop" the user from file2 back to file1
> )in *one* keystroke.
> 
> What is it that ":e file1" and ":e#" don't do as opposed to spawning a
> process because of which you have lost access to the named buffers,
> search words etc... The answer is really in the manual. Ofcourse you
> can write macros like: 

What you suggest is true. But what I *really* want to do is to
invoke TAGS from within a vi session, ie, ":!vi -t identifier"
and not ":!vi file" as given in the example above.
Sorry, for giving a misleading example.

Michael.
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