> >Description:
> I thought I was always mistyping, but after investigation the vi buffer
> don't work the way they used to - like elvis, sunos, svr4 etc.
> 
> Cutting into a buffer  (like '3d"a') and then trying to bring it back
> (like '"ap') gives a "nothing in buffer a" type message.

Hmm.  I've always cut into a buffer with '"a3d' instead (preceding the
command with the buffer name).  This is how the vi manual says to do it.
Perhaps the other way works on SunOS as well, but I can't see how.

Wouldn't that make a pair of commands like '3d"ap' kind of ambiguous?

	Mark

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