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Command processor to enhance using vi
Command line pre-processor to enhance using vi

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e is a command line preprocessor to get you into vi with ease.
"e is a command line preprocessor to get you into vi with ease.

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and get straight into the file you were last working on in the directory "somewhere". It also allows fast cross-directory editing, does spelling corrections and solves the nasty modeline security problem by allowing you to ensure that you never inherit someone else's .exrc file.
and get straight into the file you were last working on in the directory "somewhere". It also allows fast cross-directory editing, does spelling corrections and solves the nasty modeline security problem by allowing you to ensure that you never inherit someone else's .exrc file."

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Provided a C source tarball
Provided a C source tarball

 Command line pre-processor to enhance using vi

 Author:   Terry Jones, Department Of Computer Science, University Of Waterloo
 Download: http://www.scn.rain.com/pub/text/e.tar.Z
 Family:   ViFamily
 Platform: BSD4.[23], Ultrix 2.0, Dynix (BSD4.2 universe), and SUN 3.0, possibly SysV?
 License:  Open source

"e is a command line preprocessor to get you into vi with ease.

I find it very useful - even given a shell with history. It keeps a history of the files that have been e'ed most recently in each directory. Thus it is nice to be able to do

 cd somewhere
 e

and get straight into the file you were last working on in the directory "somewhere". It also allows fast cross-directory editing, does spelling corrections and solves the nasty modeline security problem by allowing you to ensure that you never inherit someone else's .exrc file."

Provided a C source tarball


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