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Date:      Mon, 07 Aug 2000 13:02:27 +0100
From:      John Murphy <bigotfo@bigfoot.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Windows in vi (was Ctrl X C V)
Message-ID:  <qZmOOeqj3yPavXtfGZpzTaBeJE%2Bw@4ax.com>

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Damien Tougas wrote:

>Not too many people know this, but the FreeBSD version of vi actually
>lets you edit multiple files simultaneously in different windows.
>While editing a file, type the following:
>
>:E filename
>
>to open 'filename' into a new window. You can then switch between the
>windows using Ctrl-W.
>
>If you like vi, but want even more power try installing vim from the
>ports.
>
>Hope this helps.

That makes vi a lot easier for me to use.  Thanks for the tip.  I'm
about to try vim - surprised it needs tcl as a dependency.

Thanks, also, to everyone who responded to the previous thread.

John.


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