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- From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes)
- Subject: Re: Need help with vi's -c option
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.233842.26110@netcom.com>
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:38:42 GMT
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- westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
- : I am having problems with vi's -c startup option. I execute the
- : command:
- :
- : vi -c "set wm=12" myfile
- :
- : I was hoping that this would execute the command set wm=12 before
- : I started editing myfile. What is happening instead is that the
- : commands in my .exrc file execute, but the set wm=12 does not.
- : (Note, there is no set wm command in my .exrc file!)
-
- Just re-posting this with the correct title (for those who scan for
- the string 'vi'). Sorry for the typo.
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