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In <1992Dec30.182744.9053@telesciences.com> ciacovel@telesciences.com (Chris D Iacovelli) writes:

>Dear VI users,

>I have one macro which centers text lines,
> i.e.
>map [c :s/^[ ^I]*//^M$maKV{{\q
>          ||       ||
>          ||       A ^V'ed ^M
>          ||
>          Not a ^V'ed ESC

>I have another macro to stop formatting comments a la c-style,
>i.e.
>map! */ ^[:so ~/.CCOM.OFF^["ap$s/ ^[A
>        ||               ||       ||
>        ==============|=============
>                ^V'ed ESC's

>The above macros work fine if they are in seperate .exrc files.
>However, when they are incorporated into the same .exrc file they don't
>work,
> i.e. when I execute the [c macro the */ macro is called and I get an
>      ":input read error".

>I believe that the */ of the search string in the [c macro is being
>replaced with the contents of the */ map.

>Does this mean that during command mode that VI actually is in single
>line insert mode, insert into a command line buffer? or am I doing
>something wrong in my macro defines?

Yes, that's what happens.

There are at least four things you can do about it:

1. Insert enough control-Vs:

map [c :s/^[ ^I]^V^V*//^M$maKV{{\q
          ||    ||||   ||
          ||    ||||   A ^V'ed ^M
          ||    ||||
          ||    Type 4 control-Vs, to get two in the .exrc, to get one
          ||    in the rhs of the map, to get the * properly quoted.
          ||
          Not a ^V'ed ESC

2. Leave the trailing /s off the :s command:

map [c :s/^[ ^I]*^M$maKV{{\q
          ||     ||
          ||     A ^V'ed ^M
          ||
          Not a ^V'ed ESC

3. Use another separator, e.g.+:

map [c :s+^[ ^I]*++^M$maKV{{\q
          ||        ||
          ||        A ^V'ed ^M
          ||
          Not a ^V'ed ESC

4. Use vi mode commands:

map [c >>d0$maKV{{\q

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Hope this helps,

Hans Mulder			hansm@cs.kun.nl