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Article #216Re: Obscure Vi bug?
From: Pete_Bob Apple
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 1990 23:00
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 1990 23:00
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In article <618@tetrauk.UUCP> rick@tetrauk.UUCP (Rick Jones) writes:
>In article <846@mwtech.UUCP> martin@mwtech.UUCP (Martin Weitzel) writes:
>>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, 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.
>>
>>Just tried this with ISC 386/ix 2.0.2 and SCO XENIX V. Same bug here.
>
>I can confirm this happens with SCO Unix, too (ODT version, at least).
>
I've a fix for this bug too, if you have vi source to recompile.
In V3.2 and V.4, the source for vi, the file ex_vmain.c:
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Change this:
/*
* ^B Window backwards, with 2 lines of continuity.
* Inverse of ^F.
*/
case CTRL('b'):
vsave();
if (one + vcline != dot && vcnt > 2) {
> addr = dot - vcline - 2 - (cnt-1)*basWLINES;
forbid (addr <= zero);
dot = addr;
vcnt = vcline = 0;
}
vzop(0, 0, '^');
continue;
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To:
/*
* ^B Window backwards, with 2 lines of continuity.
* Inverse of ^F.
*/
case CTRL('b'):
vsave();
if (one + vcline != dot && vcnt > 2) {
> addr = dot - vcline + 2 - (cnt-1)*basWLINES;
forbid (addr <= zero);
dot = addr;
vcnt = vcline = 0;
}
vzop(0, 0, '^');
continue;
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This fix makes CTRL-b operate correctly, and the bug goes away. I compared
with the BSD world, and this fix was already in there.
--
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!petebob From: petebob@sequent.UUCP (Pete_Bob Apple) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Obscure Vi bug? Message-ID: <40060@sequent.UUCP> Date: 5 Aug 90 23:00:09 GMT References: <798@intelhf.hf.intel.com> <846@mwtech.UUCP> <618@tetrauk.UUCP> Reply-To: petebob@crg2.UUCP (Pete Apple) Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Lines: 62