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Article #178Re: Obscure Vi bug?
From: James Cummings
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 1990 12:04
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 1990 12:04
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In article <798@intelhf.hf.intel.com> fredch@starlite.hf.intel.com () writes:
>Has anyone else experienced this? I have AT&T/Intel Unix V/386 on my box:
>
>Take a 50 line file (not sure if 50-line specific
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>Go to 2 lines below the bottom line using the G command. For example, under
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>TERM=xterm, go to line 25; under TERM=AT386 or TERM=vtpc, go to line 26.
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
>Then type ^B. It will beep. Then, type j. Suddenly the current line will
>be copied onto line 1, and your file just got modified.
>--
Fred,
What are you talking about????? If you can go to 2 lines below
the bottom of the file with a G command, you found a bug there!
If two lines below the bottom of the file can be either line 25
or 26 of a 50 line file you found ANOTHER bug.
Sit back, take a deep breath and try all this again.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!dalnet!dlss2!james From: james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: Obscure Vi bug? Message-ID: <92@dlss2.UUCP> Date: 19 Jul 90 12:04:06 GMT References: <798@intelhf.hf.intel.com> Reply-To: james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) Distribution: usa Organization: RedRock Development Lines: 29