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Long-short syndrome. On Saturday, 22 October 2005 at 14:56:35 -0600, Clarke Echols wrote: > Larry Kollar wrote: >> > <snip> >> I use structured FrameMaker at work to write documentation, and one >> of the easier ways I've found to get text into it is to paste it >> into Vim then pipe lines through scripts that wrap blocks of text >> in tags (lists, sections, and so forth). I then import that into >> Frame. It works very well, although the technique is probably >> specific to the writer and the work involved. > > How about using vi/vim non-interactively inside a shell script > (redirect keyboard input to vi/vim from a file), ... > It's amazing what you can do with vi in a shell script! > > Can Emacs do that? I'm pretty sure it can, but you wouldn't need the shell scripts. I do some pretty hairy things in Emacs, including modifying PostScript output. > Sorry, but I qualify as a bona fide vi bigot. :-) Your preference. I'm not a real Emacs bigot, but "it just works for me". Greg -- When replying to this message, please take care not to mutilate the original text. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/email.html Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers _______________________________________________ Groff mailing list Groff@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff
