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Ex changes \- Version 3.1 to 3.5
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This update describes the new features and changes which have been
made in converting from version 3.1 to 3.5 of
.I ex .
Each change is marked with the first version where it appeared.
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Command line options
.IP 3.4
A new command called
.I view
has been created.
.I View
is just like
.I vi
but it sets
.I readonly .
.IP 3.4
The encryption code from the v7 editor is now part of
.I ex .
You can invoke
.I ex
with the \-x option and it will ask for a key,
as
.I ed .
The
.I ed
.I x
command (to enter encryption mode from
within the editor) is not available.
This feature may not be available in all instances of
.I ex
due to memory limitations.
.SH
Commands
.IP 3.4
Provisions to handle the new process stopping features of the
Berkeley TTY driver have been added.  A new command,
.I stop ,
takes you out of the editor cleanly and efficiently, returning
you to the shell.  Resuming the editor puts you back in command
or visual mode, as appropriate.  If
.I autowrite
is set and there
are outstanding changes, a write is done first unless you say
``stop!''.
.IP 3.4
A
.DS
:vi <file>
.DE
command from visual mode is now treated the same
as a
.DS
:edit <file>	or	:ex <file>
.DE
command.  The meaning of the
.I vi
command from
.I ex
command mode is not affected.
.IP 3.3
A new command mode command
.I xit
(abbreviated
.I x )
has been added.  This
is the same as
.I wq
but will not bother to write if there have been
no changes to the file.
.SH
Options
.IP 3.4
A read only mode now lets you guarantee you won't clobber your
file by accident.  You can set the on/off option
.I readonly
(\fIro\fP),
and writes will fail unless you use an ! after the write.
Commands such as
.I "x, ZZ,"
the autowrite option, and in general anything
that writes is affected.  This option is turned on if you invoke
ex with the \-R flag.
.IP 3.4
The
.I wrapmargin
option is now usable.  The way it works has been
completely revamped.  Now if you go past the margin (even in the
middle of a word) the entire word is erased and rewritten on the
next line.  This changes the semantics of the number given to
wrapmargin.  0 still means off.  Any other number is still a
distance from the right edge of the screen, but this location
is now the right edge of the area where wraps can take place,
instead of the left edge.  Wrapmargin now behaves much like
fill/nojustify mode in
.I nroff .
.IP 3.3
The options
.I "w300, w1200,"
and
.I w9600
can be set.  They are synonyms
for
.I window,
but only apply at 300, 1200, or 9600 baud, respectively.
Thus you can specify you want a 12 line window at 300 baud and
a 23 line window at 1200 baud in your EXINIT with
.DS
:set w300=12 w1200=23
.DE
.IP 3.3
The new option
.I timeout
(default on) causes macros to time out
after one second.
Turn it off and they will wait forever.
This is useful if you want multi character macros,
but if your terminal sends escape sequences for arrow keys,
it will be necessary to hit escape twice to get a beep.
.IP 3.3
The new option
.I remap
(default on) causes the editor to attempt
to map the result of a macro mapping again until the mapping fails.
This makes it possible, say, to map q to # and #1 to something else
and get q1 mapped to something else.  Turning it off makes it possible
to map ^L to l and map ^R to ^L without having ^R map to l.
.IP 3.3
The new (string) valued option
.I tags
allows you to specify a list
of tag files, similar to the ``path'' variable of csh.  The files
are separated by spaces (which are entered preceded by a backslash)
and are searched left to right.  The default value is
``tags /usr/lib/tags'', which has the same effect as before.
It is recommended that ``tags'' always be the first entry.
On Ernie CoVax, /usr/lib/tags contains entries for the system defined
library procedures from section 3 of the manual.
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Environment enquiries
.IP 3.4
The editor now adopts the convention that a null string in the
environment is the same as not being set.  This applies to
TERM, TERMCAP, and EXINIT.
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Deleted features
.IP 3.3
The ``q'' command from visual no longer works at all.  You must
use ``Q'' to get to ex command mode.
The ``q'' command was deleted because of user complaints about
hitting it by accident too often.
.IP 3.5
The provisions for changing the window size with a numeric
prefix argument to certain visual commands have been deleted.
The correct way to change the window size is to use the z command,
for example z5<cr> to change the window to 5 lines.
.IP 3.3
The option "mapinput" is dead.  It has been replaced by a much
more powerful mechanism: ``:map!''.
.SH
Change in default option settings
.IP 3.3
The default window sizes have been changed.  At 300 baud the
window is now 8 lines (it was 1/2 the screen size).  At 1200 baud
the window is now 16 lines (it was 2/3 the screen size, which was
usually also 16 for a typical 24 line CRT).  At 9600 baud the
window is still the full screen size.  Any baud rate less than
1200 behaves like 300, any over 1200 like 9600.
This change makes
.I vi
more usable on a large screen at slow speeds.
.SH
Vi commands
.IP 3.3
The command ``ZZ'' from vi is the same as ``:x<cr>''.  This is
the recommended way to leave the editor.  Z must be typed twice
to avoid hitting it accidently.
.IP 3.4
The command ^Z is the same as ``:stop<cr>''.
Note that if you have an arrow key that sends ^Z the stop function
will take priority over the arrow function.  If you have your
``susp'' character set to something besides ^Z, that key will be
honored as well.
.IP 3.3
It is now possible from visual to string several search expressions
together separated by semicolons the same as command mode.  For
example, you can say
.DS
/foo/;/bar
.DE
from visual and it will move to the first ``bar'' after the next ``foo''.
This also works within one line.
.IP 3.3
^R is now the same as ^L on terminals where the right arrow key
sends ^L (This includes the Televideo 912/920 and the ADM 31 terminals.)
.IP 3.4
The visual page motion commands ^F and ^B now treat any preceding
counts as number of pages to move, instead of changes to the
window size.  That is, 2^F moves forward 2 pages.
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Macros
.IP 3.3
The ``mapinput'' mechanism of version 3.1 has been replaced
by a more powerful mechanism.
An ``!'' can follow the word ``\fBmap\fP'' in the
.I map
command.
\fBMap!\fP'ed macros only apply during input mode,
while \fBmap\fP'ed macros only apply during command mode.
Using ``\fBmap\fP'' or ``\fBmap!\fP'' by itself
produces a listing of macros in the corresponding mode.
.IP 3.4
A word abbreviation mode is now available.  You can define
abbreviations with the
.I abbreviate
command
.DS
:abbr foo find outer otter
.DE
which maps ``foo'' to ``find outer otter''.  Abbreviations can be
turned off with the
.I unabbreviate
command.  The syntax of these
commands is identical to the
.I map
and
.I unmap
commands, except
that the ! forms do not exist.  Abbreviations are considered
when in visual input mode only, and only affect whole words
typed in, using the conservative definition.
(Thus ``foobar''
will not be mapped as it would using ``map!'')
Abbreviate and unabbreviate can be abbreviated to ``ab'' and ``una'',
respectively.