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From: ghe@physics.orst.edu (Guangliang He)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Where is the -x option for vi
Keywords: lost option???
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Date: 25 Apr 91 02:27:49 GMT
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I don't know how many people is still using vi nowadays. But I still am. 
But today, I just found out the 'vi' on AIX 3.1 doesn't know the -x option
at all. I found -x option on all other UNIX machine I've used here, SUN, 
Ridge, Sequent.... Is there anyone knows why the -x option is lost by IBM? 

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  Guangliang He
  ghe@physics.orst.edu