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From: Paul Sutcliffe Jr.
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1986 01:53
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1986 01:53
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In article <591@unccvax.UUCP>, fwp@unccvax.UUCP (Rick) writes:
> [ ... vi is ] prompting
> 'press return to continue'. However on a couple of machines I
> have been on recently the prompt is 'ERROR'.
[ ... ]
> Is there a file missing?
Yes. The binary /usr/bin/vi (or /usr/ucb/vi, or whatever) gets most
(all?) of it's messages from ``/usr/lib/exX.Ystrings'' where ``X.Y''
is the version number of the vi program. For instance, I have version
3.7 of vi, so the file is ``/usr/lib/ex3.7strings''. That file is
probably missing from your system, hence the ERROR message (vi doesn't
know what else to say).
Hope this helps.
-Paul
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!devon!paul From: paul@devon.UUCP (Paul Sutcliffe Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: vi question Message-ID: <112@devon.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Nov-86 20:53:16 EST Article-I.D.: devon.112 Posted: Wed Nov 19 20:53:16 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Nov-86 22:31:41 EST References: <591@unccvax.UUCP> Organization: Devon Computer Services, Allentown, PA Lines: 23 Summary: need more files