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From: adam@mtund.UUCP (Adam V. Reed)
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Subject: Re: vi question
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Date: Tue, 18-Nov-86 18:53:03 EST
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> After executing a shell command from within vi or after typing
> ':set all' there is usually a line (perhaps in reverse) prompting
> 'press return to continue'.  However on a couple of machines I
> have been on recently the prompt is 'ERROR'. Except for the 
> different prompt everything seems to be normal. Does anyone
> know what causes this? Is there a file missing? Is termcap/info
> not right?
> 
> Rick Pasotto

Yes, this is a symptom of file /usr/lib/exstrings missing or having the
wrong premissions. If the permissions are OK, see the makefile on how to
re-generate the missing file.
				Adam Reed (mtund!adam)