VIM question:Solved

[Joel Hammer]

Hmmm...
It looks like email really doesn't handle the esc (0) character well.
^@font{Times-Roman8} got removed from the post below in several places.
Joel

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:54:35PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:
> Finally read enuf to get the answer.
> 
> It's simple. You just need enuf cntrl-v's, how many seems to be a matter
> of guessing. This works:
> 
> :iabb SF   
> Entered with:
> cntrl-v cntrl-v cntrl-v cntrl-v cntrl-v cntrl-v cntrl-v  0 font{Times-Roman8} 
> Yes, I think it takes seven cntrl-v's
> Then, typing SF during insert mode gives:
> 
>      
> 
> I don't really understand this, but, it works. 
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:26:08PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > Dud....
> > Dumb mistakes.
> > First, the command should have been:
> > :iabb SF 
> > This still gives the error I mentioned below. I guess the reason is that
> > these abbreviations are just straight key strokes. Thus, 
> > key and this knocks the editor out of the insert mode. Dud...
> > So, using 2 instead of 0 (type crtl-V 2) as the esc key here seems to work.
> > 
> > This seems to be a solution:
> > :iabb SF font(Times-Roman8}
> > and then run enscript with:
> > enscript -e2 -ojunk.ps input.txt
> > I suppose this will cause some complications down the road.
> > Joel
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:46:22PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > > Being offline has its benefits. I finally learned how to navigate the
> > > help pages of vim and have learned a lot.
> > > 
> > > Once having learned vim, I'll never go back, but....
> > > 
> > > I'd like to get an abbreviation to change fonts easily.  However,
> > > the command:
> > >      :iabb SF 
> > > fails with this error:
> > >      {font Times-Roman8} not an editor command.
> > > Any suggestions appreciated.
> > > 
> > > Joel
> > > 
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