* John Buttery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020306 07:12]:
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 05:13:27PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote:
> >map z z <--- fast shift email to top of screen.
> >First command given after email comes up in vi.
> >I wish I could get this to happen automatically.
> Well, I'm pretty much a vi newbie myself but someone
> showed me a command called "normal" which lets
> you specify characters to pass arbitrarily to vi.
yup. commands on the command line have to be "ex" commands;
no "normal mode commands" allowed. however, bram added
":normal" as a pseudo ex command and thereby allows the
execution of normal mode commands on the command line.
everybody confused now? good.
here's an example:
:au BufNewFile,BufRead /tmp/mutt-* 1;/^$/:normal zt
> Oh yeah, and yes vi=vim in this email. :)
> 5.8 specifically, and yes I plan to upgrade soon.
i think people *are* reading my posts. *grin*
Sven
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