Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!dalnet!dlss2!james From: james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: Obscure Vi bug? Message-ID: <92@dlss2.UUCP> Date: 19 Jul 90 12:04:06 GMT References: <798@intelhf.hf.intel.com> Reply-To: james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) Distribution: usa Organization: RedRock Development Lines: 29 In article <798@intelhf.hf.intel.com> fredch@starlite.hf.intel.com () writes: >Has anyone else experienced this? I have AT&T/Intel Unix V/386 on my box: > >Take a 50 line file (not sure if 50-line specific ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >Go to 2 lines below the bottom line using the G command. For example, under ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >TERM=xterm, go to line 25; under TERM=AT386 or TERM=vtpc, go to line 26. ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ >Then type ^B. It will beep. Then, type j. Suddenly the current line will >be copied onto line 1, and your file just got modified. >-- Fred, What are you talking about????? If you can go to 2 lines below the bottom of the file with a G command, you found a bug there! If two lines below the bottom of the file can be either line 25 or 26 of a 50 line file you found ANOTHER bug. Sit back, take a deep breath and try all this again. -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ |Disclaimer: | James Cummings | | You can't blame me! | UUCP: | | I'm ignorant! | ..swblat!{texbell!texnet.. | |+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+| swgate!dlss1..}!dlss2!james | |Send flames to: | NET: | | sowc@devnull.com | jc@smunews | | | | =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+