larry price wrote:
actually horst
the ! terminating the command instructs vi to quit immediately without
writing the file out.
//use vi, but only when trapped.
On Nov 15, 2007 9:53 AM, horst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:30:12 -0800
From: larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] how do I get out of this?
type
[esc]
:
q
!
that's one character to a line.
Larry - I think emacs people shouldn't do vi posts past 1 in the morning :-)
On a single line:
!
doesn't mean anything (as far as I know, or you have redefined the !-key,
or...)
:<cmd>!
means ignore warning and do it anyway!
(like :w! :x! as in write! --although file was opened as read-only)
( '<cmd>' meaning 'w' or 'x' )
:!<cmd>
means execute shell <cmd>
Wes, BTW, my vi/vim's do provide you with a hint:
" No write since last change (add ! to override) "
- Horst
:w to write without quit
:wq to write and quite
:q to quite without write
add the ! to either to force it (if allowed)
Regards
Fred James
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