On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 1:49:20 PM UTC-6, Sven Guckes wrote:
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> you can probably map this to a key...
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>   map <f9> :new|:r #|:1d
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> but when i enter this mapping then the '#' is
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> expanded right away and gives me an error:
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>     E484: Can't open file #
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> how to stop that from happening again?
> 


In mappings you must either escape the | or use <Bar>.

 map <f9> :new\|:r #\|:1d
 map <f9> :new<Bar>:r #<Bar>:1d

Otherwise, Vim sees this as:

 map <F9> :new

Followed by a separate :r # command.

Actually, this is best written without the redundant : characters, and you will 
need to end command-line mode with <CR>:

 map <f9> :new\|r #\|1d<CR>

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