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- From: buboo@alf.uib.no (Ove Ruben R Olsen)
- Subject: Re: how come : ! out of vi always uses sh instead of $SHELL ???
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.233950.19749@alf.uib.no>
- Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
- References: <fish.714853851@news2.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 23:39:50 GMT
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- John R. Vanderpool writes:
- >whenever i :! out of vi it uses /bin/sh instead of $SHELL
- >so all of my aliases are lost, etc and makes it very limited
- >
- >i'm just beginning to see just how powerful vi really is but
- >this one is screwing me up royally
-
- In your ~/.exrc file you could have the following:
-
- set shell=/your/favorite/shell
-
- For more information about VI, connect to your nearest VI/EX archive.
- At the moment the archives contains
- 90 files containing VI/EX docs/help/tutorials/tips/info.
- 51 files containing macros.
-
- The VI/EX archives can be found at:
-
- Europe:
- Main site: alf.uib.no (129.177.30.3)
- Filearea: pub/lpf/misc
- Peak hours: 07.00 am GMT to 03.00 pm GMT
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- Japan:
- Mirror site: utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (133.11.11.11)
- Filearea: misc/vi-archive
- Peak hours: 01.00 am GMT to 09.00 am GMT
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- USA, Canada and Mexico:
- Mirror site: cs.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4)
- Filearea: /pub/vi
- Peak hours: None.
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- Australia, NZ and the rest Down Under:
- Main site: monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (130.194.1.106)
- Filearea: /pub/Vi
- Peak hours: Not relevent
-
-
- For more information about the files at the archives and the archives
- itself, please read one of the FAQ for Comp.Editors.
- If you are in a hurry you may fetch the INDEX file.
-
- If you need more information, you are welcome to mail Ruben@uib.no.
-
- \Ruben.
-
-
- --
- Ove Ruben R Olsen a Gnarfer and VI user. EMAIL: ruben@uib.no.
- Maintaining the EX/VI-archive and a couple of the Comp.Editors FAQs.
- People that are ignorant tend to live a frustrated life, at least when
- it comes to editing - But I do belive this is a general rule in life
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