[Nottingham] Shortcut of the week

Martin Garton martin at stupids.org
Thu Sep 29 16:27:15 BST 2005


On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 16:22 +0100, Spandex wrote:
> I just accidentally discovered that, while using less (382) you can
> press 'v' to open the file in your default editor.  Then when you
> quit the editor you're back in less again.  Handy.  Has everyone else
> been doing this for years? :)

I have used it occasionally. I always thought it just opened vi (hence
the "v" shortcut) but since vi is my default editor it wouldn't matter
to me anyway.

Good tip though, for those who haven't found it.

-- 
Martin.





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