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From: thomson@uthub.UUCP (Brian Thomson)
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Subject: Re: MAJOR BUG (mode lines)
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Date: Thu, 19-Apr-84 08:58:12 EST
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Okay, it should be classified as a bad idea rather than a bug, since
it was deliberate.  There appears to be another questionable feature
in vi 3.7, and I quote from /usr/src/ucb/ex/ex.news:

	If there is a file .exrc in the current directory, it will be
	sourced when you enter vi, after your EXINIT or ~/.exrc.

I can see users leaving .exrc files in every directory they can write,
hoping that the superuser will trip over one someday.  We may can
this bad idea as well.
-- 
		    Brian Thomson,	    CSRG Univ. of Toronto
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