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- From: udo@umunk.GUN.de (Udo Munk)
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- Subject: Re: Clarified VI question
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- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 12:40:53 +0100
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- nll@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (neal.l.leitner) writes:
- [...]
- : In vi, when you search for a string and the search wraps around to the
- : beginning of the file, is there anyway to print a message on the bottom
- : of the screen that says "Search Wrapped Around Buffer" or something to
- : that effect. I have wrapscan set, so it will wrap the searches, but when
- : it does wrap the search, I want to be able to know that it did with a
- : message at the bottom of the screen.
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- I'm using the vi clone elvis 1.5. If I put the line "set showmode"
- into my .exrc, it sayes "wrapped" when the search wraps. Maybee
- this works also with your vi. If not, take a look at elvis 1.5.
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