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Windows notepad [message #501110]

Fri, 25 March 2011 17:06

John Watson
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Registered: January 2010
Location: Global Village

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Please will everyone send an email to bill.gates@microsoft.com asking for an enhancement to the Windows notepad. I need another save-and-exit command,

Escape :wq!

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Re: Windows notepad [message #501113 is a reply to message #501110]

Fri, 25 March 2011 17:38

Barbara Boehmer
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Registered: November 2002
Location: California, USA

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Let me guess. You are in the habit of using that to exit another editor, like vi, and keep trying to use it with notepad out of force of habit?

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Re: Windows notepad [message #501145 is a reply to message #501113]

Sat, 26 March 2011 06:52

rleishman
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Registered: October 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia

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DEFINE _EDITOR="vim"

Problem solved

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Re: Windows notepad [message #501189 is a reply to message #501145]

Sat, 26 March 2011 16:44

John Watson
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Registered: January 2010
Location: Global Village

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Sussed. And a solution to another common problem:

alias gerp=grep

(though I suppose people who type with one finger won't understand)

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Re: Windows notepad [message #501775 is a reply to message #501189]

Thu, 31 March 2011 07:02

ramoradba
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