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Re: Invoking vi from within sql*plus

From: John C <john_at_rte-asset.com>
Date: 1997/11/13
Message-ID: <346B4EA4.2ADF@rte-asset.com>#1/1

Mark Aurit wrote:
>
> I was on a project using hp/ux and the bourne shell. From the sql*plus
> comand line, I could enter "edit x.x" and Id go into vi in full screen
> mode.
> Now Im on another project, again using hp/ux, this time using the c shell,
> and when I enter the same thing, I get:
> ?x.x
> and Im apparently in a line editor.
>
> Can someone tell me what parameter in what file makes full screen happen? I
>
> suspect its a UNIX thing, but Im not sure where to start.
>
> Thanks, Mark
> mark_aurit_at_mail.northgrum.com

in SQL*Plus, do this "define _editor=vi", then default editor will become vi, keep this line in login.sql, so you don't have to do this every time.

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Received on Thu Nov 13 1997 - 00:00:00 CST

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