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From: eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: Resizing xterms running vi
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Date: 9 Nov 90 19:20:29 GMT
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Under SunOS 4.1, vi _still_ doesn't respond to SIGWINCH, no matter what the
windowing system.  If you resize a window containing a vi session, your screen
will turn to garbage.  I have reported this bug to Sun several times, starting
five years ago, but Sun has never fixed it.

GNU Emacs gets this right.  vi on most other vendors' Unix workstations get
this right -- I just tested it on DEC, Omron, SGI, and Sony.  But vi on a Sun
workstation is still broken.  Ironic, isn't it, given that vi's author is Sun's
R&D VP?  I guess Bill Joy really does use Emacs.