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Article #3373Re: tough bug in vi
From: Eric Koldinger
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1988 18:33
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1988 18:33
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In article <11500001@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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>I go into insert mode with "i" and type in some new text. I then backspace
>over that text with ^H (backspace). The text is no longer in the buffer
>but is still showing on the screen.
This isn't a bug, it's just the way 'vi' works. 'vi' is optimized to keep
traffic over lines to a minimum, so it's actually a good feature for those
of us who use slow telephone lines and dumb terminals to communicate.
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_ /| Eric Koldinger
\`o_O' University of Washington
( ) "Gag Ack Barf" Department of Computer Science
U kolding@cs.washington.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!ogccse!blake!uw-beaver!uw-june!kolding From: kolding@june.cs.washington.edu (Eric Koldinger) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: tough bug in vi Message-ID: <6511@june.cs.washington.edu> Date: 23 Nov 88 18:33:57 GMT References: <11500001@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: kolding@uw-june.UUCP (Eric Koldinger) Organization: U of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle Lines: 15