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Problem with "vi" and UCB mail on NeXT!

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From: John T. Nelson
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
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Subject: Problem with "vi" and UCB mail on NeXT!
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