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Re: AIX 2.2.1, vi on vt100 problems

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From: Charlie Sauer
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1989 21:47
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In article <308.nlhp3@orcenl.uucp>, bengsig@orcenl.uucp (Bjorn Engsig) writes:
> We do however have a problem with vi on vt100 terminals connected to a
> pty port over the Ethernet.  Inside vi, hitting the CR key has the same
> effect as hitting the LineFeed or DownArrow.  This is very annoying since
> there is no easy way to get to the beginning of the line; hitting | is a
> two key sequence.  Did anybody else exprience this?  Is there a workaround?
> I tried various stty things without luck.

I've noticed a couple of other glitches in the 2.2.1 vi, but haven't gotten 
around to formally generating an APAR, which would be the way to get it fixed.
(Customer APARs usually have priority over internals, so you might want to go
ahead and generate one.)  If you have the 2.2 vi, it doesn't seem to have these
problems, so that is one possible workaround.

> Another thing is that there does not seem to be any tic.  There is (as usual)
> no vt100-w (wide) terminfo, but now I can't even compile it from another source.

/usr/bin/tic is in one of the components of the osplus package.  I'm not sure
which one, but vi is also in there some place, so you must have it.

Charlie
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From: sauer@auschs.UUCP (Charlie Sauer)
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Subject: Re: AIX 2.2.1, vi on vt100 problems
Summary: vi APAR'd?  /usr/bin/tic should be in osplus
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Date: 12 Mar 89 21:47:18 GMT
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