I found this today, while looking for abandoned swap files on my computer. The file was dated 2006, but the swap file is for vim 4.2, and the hostname is one I last used ~ 1998. I guess I copied the file, and the swap file, from a backup or something in 2006.
$ ls -l my-src/hacks/vi/fork my-src/hacks/vi/fork.swp -rw-r--r-- 1 elijah users 58 Jun 6 2006 my-src/hacks/vi/fork -rw-r--r-- 1 elijah users 24576 Jun 6 2006 my-src/hacks/vi/fork.swp $ cat my-src/hacks/vi/fork vi: set noml | w! | ! vim % : vi: e! % | w! | q : foobar $ I don't remember writing that, but I can fully believe I did. (There's other stuff there, I'm sure I have written. What this does is left as an exercise for the reader. I suspect I tested it on Solaris vi of that era. Testing in Solaris vi (Version SVR4.0, Solaris 2.5.0) today[*], I need to hit <esc> to unstick-it at a certain point, and I think the second line would be better as just: vi: q : Elijah ------ [*] only has one, rather old, Solaris system left to test with -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
