NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/editors/2121

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From: [e-mail] (Sridhar Venkataraman)
Subject: Re: How do we include a "|" in vi macros ??
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[e-mail] (Michael SamChee)
writes on comp.editors:

)Does anyone know how one can include the pipe character "|" in a vi macro?
)
)eg. map ^A :!exec cat tmp | more

Type as is in vi (colon mode) or in your .exrc:

map ^V^A :!exec cat tmp ^V^V| more

^V,^A - Control-V and Control-A respectively.

)Nothing I've tried seems to work.
)Hmm.
)
)Thanxs,
)Michael.

Sridhar.