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Command alias in non-command position

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From: "Andrej Borsenkow" <borsenkow.msk@xxxxxx>
To: "ZSH users mailing list" <zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Command alias in non-command position
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 19:42:39 +0400
Importance: Normal

I have some often used aliases, e.g. 

vi=elvis
view='elvis -R'
etc

Unfortunately, if I try to do e.g.

sudo vi ...

The /usr/bin/vi is started instead of elvis.

Is there any easy way to use my lovely aliases in this case?

thank you

/Andrej

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