Re: [vile] What does this error indicate?

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 10:02:24PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> I'm getting "Buffer filtering not available -- use filter operator",
> what does it mean?  ... and what does "use filter operator" mean
> exactly?
> 
I finally went and looked at the code.  The above error is because the
| command is only available on DOS[like] systems, it's #ifdef'ed out
for Linux/Unix.  It says to use the region filtering instead.


> I'm trying to filter my [Standard Input] buffer through an external
> command - how can I do it?
> 
So, to continue answering my own questions, replace | with a mark at
one end of the file and ! to mark.  Slightly less obvious but hardly
difficult.  :-)

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Chris Green