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Re: VI - finding lines longer than 80 characters

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From: David Rowland
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 00:36
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In article <1992Nov22.194628.17508@prl.dec.com> boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) writes:
>I thought this was one well known feature of vi.  Lines over 80 chars
>usually screw your screen up -- no searching necessary...
>
>
>Boyd Roberts			boyd@prl.dec.com
>

FLAME WAR ALERT * FLAME WAR ALERT * FLAME WAR ALERT  :-)

Seriously, if vi screws you screen up, there must be some sort of
configuration problem with your terminal.  Call the help desk.
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Subject: Re: VI - finding lines longer than 80 characters
Message-ID: <1992Nov23.003650.18234@datamark.co.nz>
From: david@datamark.co.nz (David Rowland)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 00:36:50 GMT
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