Re: vi question

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From: Jim Webb
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 22:15

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> After executing a shell command from within vi or after typing
> ':set all' there is usually a line (perhaps in reverse) prompting
> 'press return to continue'.  However on a couple of machines I
> have been on recently the prompt is 'ERROR'. Except for the 
> different prompt everything seems to be normal. Does anyone
> know what causes this? Is there a file missing? Is termcap/info
> not right?

This usually means that the "strings" file is messed up or not in
existence.   This file resides in /usr/lib/ex*strings where * is
the version number of vi, here it is ex3.9strings...
-- 
Jim Webb             "Out of phase--get help"          ...!ihnp4!hropus!jrw
		"Use the Force, Read the Source"

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