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Article #3375Re: tough bug in vi
From: Alex Ho
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1988 20:59
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1988 20:59
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In article <11500001@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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>This bug works like this:
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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.
i believe that vi does this so that one can still use the program
when working from a slow dumb terminal (at something like 300 baud).
to refresh the screen, you can type either ctrl-l or ctrl-r and the
screen should refresh.
alex.
Alex Ho
University of California, Berkeley aho@cory.berkeley.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!peregrine!elroy!ames!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!aho From: aho@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Ho) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: tough bug in vi Message-ID: <7721@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 23 Nov 88 20:59:23 GMT References: <11500001@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: aho@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Alex Ho) Followup-To: comp.editors Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 20