Bug 41293

Summary:	ed command ":.=" no longer works
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	ellson
Component:	vim	Assignee:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	7.1
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Description ellson 2001-05-18 15:08:35 UTC

Description of Problem:  ed command ":.=" no longer works


How Reproducible:   100%


Steps to Reproduce:  
1. /bin/vi .bash_profile
2. :.=
3. 

Actual Results:

	"no range allowed"

Expected Results:
	
	a line number ( also should support ":.+3="


Additional Information:

Works in all known previous version of vi.  my fingers know this command by
heart!

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2001-05-21 11:06:47 UTC

You can simply use Ctrl+G or := (without the .).

I've forwarded your bug report to the vim development mailing list; I'm not 
sure whether the ed command syntax was changed intentionally.

Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2001-05-21 12:31:08 UTC

Just heard back from the vim maintainer, the change is intentional