vi -> ex

[Jeff Benjamin]

pete at othello.dartmouth.edu (Pete Schmitt) writes:

> One can go from ex to vi by using the vi command within ex.  Is there a 
> way to go back to the ex session (and not just singular commands using ":")

Simply use "Q" (shift-q) while in command mode.  I use this occasionally
to do multiple-line ex commands from vi.

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