Re: Work-around for 255 line editor limit under 1.65/Unix?

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From: Pat Berry
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:27

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scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure) writes:

> djk@boombox.apana.org.au (David Keegel) writes:
> 
> >In <c4g2wB3w165w@netlink.cts.com> system@netlink.cts.com (System Administrat
> >>        I hope this isn't a FAQ
> 
> >Probably.  It is answered in waffle\docs\static.doc.  Keyword: buflines.
> 
> You (and several others) were correct.  It is there.  Funny, I recall 
> being told (with 1.64) that this didn't actually *change* the editor's
> limit.  

It didn't.  That was a bug in 1.64 that was fixed in 1.65.  Buflines now
works properly, at least for me.

-- 
Pat Berry - Cary, North Carolina, USA   |  "This nation was built on the
pat@berry.Cary.NC.US                    |  sweat and drool of dogs."
**** Happy user of OS/2 2.0 ****        |  -- Dave Barry

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From: pat@berry.Cary.NC.US (Pat Berry)
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Subject: Re: Work-around for 255 line editor limit under 1.65/Unix?
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 17:27:33 EST
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