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Article #2499Re: multiple file editing in VI
From: Andrew Moore
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 03:13
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 03:13
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In article <Bz1y7H.BEA@sci.kun.nl> jeroenh@sci.kun.nl (Jeroen Huinink) writes: >Hello, > >When editing multiple files in vi (using 'vi *.c') you can get to the next >file using :n and you can get to the first file with :rew. What I would >like to do is skip to the previous file or to a file with a certain number >without having to remember the filename or doing :rew and a number of times >:n. > >Can someone enlighten me? The following doesn't answer your question directly, but maybe it will help... I belive you can toggle back and forth between two files with the ex command :e# And if you are editting C language files, I presume you know about ctags? For example, after creating a tags file, use CTL-] (i.e., press the ] key while holding down the CTL key) to jump to the file defining the function under the cursor. To return, use CTL-^. If the version of vi you use has tag stacks (e.g., I don't think elvis has them yet), you can get around very well this way. Related commands are ":ta" ":pop," and from the command line "vi -t tag." -Andrew Moore <alm@netcom.com>
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Newsgroups: comp.editors Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!alm From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) Subject: Re: multiple file editing in VI Message-ID: <1992Dec13.031358.28041@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <Bz1y7H.BEA@sci.kun.nl> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 03:13:58 GMT Lines: 25