Hi Yakov,
On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 19:06 +0200, Yakov Lerner wrote:
> On 2/17/07, Larry Alkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I know every ex command starts with a colon.
> >
> > Is the reverse true in every case?
> > Is _every_ command that starts with a colon an ex command?
> >
> > Examples
> > :help Is this an ex command?
> > :version Is this?
> > :blahblah This?
>
> If you do ':help :help', move 11 lines below, thebn you can see the
> sign {not in Vi}.
>
> This means that :help is specific to vim and was not part
> of the original ex and vi. Vim added huge number of new commands.
> They are labeled as {not in Vi} in the help.
>
> Regarding :blahblah, I doubt it is command that vim added to original vi,
> unless you patched your copy of vim sources.
>
> Yakov
'blah' is an English slang term meaning 'anything', 'etc', 'and so on'.
so Larry means 'any other : command'
Larry,
I think ':blahblah' will either be an ex or exim command. If it's not in
original Vi it's the later.
--
Mark
