[Patch] Add command ":wn" to vi-applet

Paul Fox pgf at brightstareng.com
Sun Mar 26 17:16:20 UTC 2006


 > On Friday 24 March 2006 12:48 am, Alexander Griesser wrote:
 > > I often modify several files at once and after modifying I would
 > > have to do
 > >
 > > :w <RETURN>
 > > :n <RETURN>
 > 
 > Does busybox vi _support_ modifying several files at once?  (This is the first 
 > I've heard of it, if so...)

no -- you can't have outstanding edits to more than one file at
a time.  you can, however, edit them serially, and move between
them as shown above.  ":wn" is apparently a shortcut for that.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at brightstareng.com



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