reading of local .exrc files

[ado at elsie.UUCP]

A dumb way to execute a fixed set of commands when you edit a file is outlined
below.  The example is for C shell users.

In your ".login" file, have a line like:
	setenv EXINIT "map #1 :source %\!
"
Then, if you have a set of commands you want to use when you edit a file named
	editable
put these commands in a file named
	editable!
where the trailing exclamation point above is part of the name.  Finally, when
you begin editing the file, tap function key 1 to execute the desired commands.

You can, of course, use some other convention in naming the files that hold the
editor commands; for example,
	setenv EXINIT "map #1 :source %.exrc
"

Tapping the function key to execute the commands means more work for you--
and also gets around security problems of embedded commands.
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