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Article #3041Re: vi editor problem on UNIX-pc
From: Joseph L. Demer
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1987 00:45
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1987 00:45
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In article <50@cjsa.UUCP> jeff@cjsa.UUCP (C. Jeffery Small) writes:
>[with long lines]
>A ^L will repaint the screen correctly,
>but as soon as you scroll, vi gets confused once again.
2.{9,10} Bsd vi has the same problem. However, it doesn't redraw correct-
ly with ^L. I use ':p' or something similar to cause vi I to print
"press return to continue" - the screen is okay after that.
The problem is caused when a character in the last column of the line
at the bottom of the screen causes an autowrap. At least for my version
of Unix, if there is white space at the end of the line, the problem
does not occur. It seems it should be possible to fiddle with the auto-
wrap on the terminal, or else with the autowrap field of the termcap,
to fix the problem, but I have had no luck.
- Brad Daniels
biff@eyeball.ophth.bcm.tmc.edu
Once again using Joe Demer's account
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ut-sally!bcm!watson!jdemer From: jdemer@watson.bcm.tmc.edu (Joseph L. Demer) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: vi editor problem on UNIX-pc Message-ID: <447@uni2.bcm.tmc.edu> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 19:45:17 EST Article-I.D.: uni2.447 Posted: Wed Dec 2 19:45:17 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 04:09:58 EST References: <50@cjsa.UUCP> <1987Nov24.131139.23810@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Sender: usenet@bcm.tmc.edu Lines: 19 Keywords: vi editor unix-pc Summary: 2.x Bsd has same prob - fix