Bug 41293 - ed command ":.=" no longer works
Summary: ed command ":.=" no longer works
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: vim
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-05-18 15:08 UTC by ellson
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-05-21 11:06:52 UTC
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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
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