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Article #1Problem with "vi" and UCB mail on NeXT!
From: John T. Nelson
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 03:28
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 03:28
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I've run into a VERY strange bug while using "vi" and UCB mail on the NeXT. Let's say I'm composing a message in UCB mail and now I type "~v" to get into "vi." Now I edit this message and type "ZZ" to exit. Now I'm back out in mail and I type "~p".... and the message is gone! The same thing happens if I originate the message text in "vi". I exit with "ZZ" and the text isn't there. And it REALLY isn't there because mail then complains with a null message body warning. And yes I get the same problem if I do a "~r" of an already existing file. UCB mail reports that it read x number of bytes and then I do a "~r" and the bytes simply aren't there. So this shows its not even a "vi" related problem, but one with NeXT's version of UCB mail (or something wierd at my site)! "df" reports that all my partitions have enough disk space so that isn't a problem. Anybody else have the same problem? - Hacker -- Dark Hacker hacker@black-silicon.mclean.va.us "I am the very instantiation of object oriented evil!"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!ads.com!jtn From: jtn@ADS.COM (John T. Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.apps,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Problem with "vi" and UCB mail on NeXT! Message-ID: <1992Aug18.032839.27264@ads.com> Date: 18 Aug 92 03:28:39 GMT Sender: usenet@ads.com (USENET News) Organization: Guest of Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc./Advanced Decision Systems Lines: 26