The exrc.enriched file has vi editor macros for entering enriched text. From the book "MH & xmh: Email for Users & Programmers" from O'Reilly & Associates. Read them into vi with the ":so" command, add them to your .exrc file, or make the EXINIT environment variable point to this file. These are two-character macros. You'll need to type both characters within approximately one second unless you've set the vi "notimeout" option (not usually recommended). The macros have an ESCape character (shown as ^[) hardcoded into them; if you type this file in by hand, be sure to use real ESC characters, not the look-alike sequence "^[". There are two kinds of macros in the file: - Command-mode macros. These either surround the current word (where the cursor is) with the tags, or add the tag before or after the cursor. The macro's idea of a "word" is: all the characters up to the first punctuation mark. If you want to include the punctuation mark in the tagged area, change the "e" to an "E". - Insert-mode macros. These insert opening and closing tags, then put the cursor between them and switch to insert mode. After using either type of macro, you can use *e to move to the end of the closing tag.