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author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:00:04 +0100
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1 To run the maze macros with Vim:
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3 vim -u maze_mac maze_5.78
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4 press "g"
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6 The "-u maze.mac" loads the maze macros and skips loading your .vimrc, which
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7 may contain settings and mappings that get in the way.
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10 The original README:
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12 To prove that you can do anything in vi, I wrote a couple of macros that
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13 allows vi to solve mazes. It will solve any maze produced by maze.c
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14 that was posted to the net recently.
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16 Just follow this recipe and SEE FOR YOURSELF.
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17 1. run uudecode on the file "maze.vi.macros.uu" to
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18 produce the file "maze.vi.macros"
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19 (If you can't wait to see the action, jump to step 4)
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20 2. compile maze.c with "cc -o maze maze.c"
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21 3. run maze > maze.out and input a small number (for example 10 if
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22 you are on a fast machine, 3-5 if slow) which
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23 is the size of the maze to produce
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24 4. edit the maze (vi maze.out)
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25 5. include the macros with the vi command:
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26 :so maze.vi.macros
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27 6. type the letter "g" (for "go") and watch vi solve the maze
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28 7. when vi solves the maze, you will see why it lies
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29 8. now look at maze.vi.macros and all will be revealed
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31 Tested on a sparc, a sun and a pyramid (although maze.c will not compile
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34 Anyone who can't get the maze.c file to compile, get a new compiler,
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35 try maze.ansi.c which was also posted to the net.
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36 If you can get it to compile but the maze comes out looking like a fence
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37 and not a maze and you are using SysV or DOS replace the "27" on the
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38 last line of maze.c by "11"
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39 Thanks to John Tromp (tromp@piring.cwi.nl) for maze.c.
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40 Thanks to antonyc@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Bill T. Cat) for maze.ansi.c.
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42 Any donations should be in unmarked small denomination bills :^)=.
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44 ACSnet: gregm@otc.otca.oz.au
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45 Greg McFarlane UUCP: {uunet,mcvax}!otc.otca.oz.au!gregm
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46 |||| OTC || Snail: OTC R&D GPO Box 7000, Sydney 2001, Australia
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47 Phone: +61 2 287 3139 Fax: +61 2 287 3299
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