Vi bug: multi-line abbrev w/ ai set

[Larry McVoy]

In article <1727 at ittatc.ATC.ITT.UUCP> yoda at ittatc.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Todd C. Williams [Jedi Knight]) writes:
>EXAMPLES that do NOT work:
>
>THIS (in .exrc):
>
>set	autoindent
>abbreviate	aaaaa	main(argc,argv)^M^Iint argc;^Mchar *argv[];^M^D{^M}

Umm... this is too simple to work, but how about:

abbreviate	foo	:set noai
Imain(argc,argv)^M^Iint argc;^Mchar *argv[];^M^D{^M}:set ai

Which, escapes out of insert, sets no ai, does it, escapes, sets ai back.
I know, a kludge.
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Larry McVoy
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