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Article #186Re: Obscure Vi bug?
From: Roger Cornelius
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 1990 20:49
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 1990 20:49
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From article <798@intelhf.hf.intel.com>, by fredch@starlite.hf.intel.com: > 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, but that's where I found it). > Go to 2 lines below the bottom line using the G command. For example, under > 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. This also occurs with the vi on SCO UNIX V3.2.0, which, when given the :version command reports SVR3.1. It doesn't appear to be file length specific. -- Roger A. Cornelius rac@sherpa.UUCP uunet!sherpa!rac
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!pdn!palan!sherpa!rac From: rac@sherpa.UUCP (Roger Cornelius) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.editors Subject: Re: Obscure Vi bug? Message-ID: <295@sherpa.UUCP> Date: 19 Jul 90 20:49:59 GMT References: <798@intelhf.hf.intel.com> Followup-To: comp.bugs.sys5 Organization: Personal System Computing, St. Petersburg, FL Lines: 14