VI map question

[Charles J. Antonelli]

In article <1668 at aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> @aplvax.jhuapl.edu:jwm at stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt) writes:
>I am trying to get fmt mapped in my .exrc (to format and replace text) ...

i use:
	map @ {j!}fmt^M}be
hitting @ anywhere within a paragraph formats the paragraph, then positions
to the next paragraph.  you type ^V^M to put ^M in your .exrc (assuming ^V is
your `literal-next' character).  you can replace `fmt' with any legal shell
command line, which should answer your second question.

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