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From: Wayne Davison <wayned@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: alias vl="vi !$"
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On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 05:17:35PM +0000, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> Inside a function, however, $_ has already been changed to be the last
> word of the _currently executing_ command, the same as as $argv[-1].

But it's not changed in an alias, so the simplest approach would appear
to be:

    alias vl='vi $_'

That works for me.

..wayne..