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Subject: Re: vi editor problem on UNIX-pc
Message-ID: <1987Nov24.131139.23810@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 13:11:38 EST
Article-I.D.: jarvis.1987Nov24.131139.23810
Posted: Tue Nov 24 13:11:38 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Nov-87 04:30:33 EST
References: <50@cjsa.UUCP>
Organization: University of Toronto
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Keywords: vi editor unix-pc


In article <50@cjsa.UUCP> jeff@cjsa.UUCP (C. Jeffery Small) writes:
>[with long lines]
>A  ^L  will repaint the screen correctly,
>but as soon as you scroll, vi gets confused once again.

The Aztec C compiler for the Amiga comes with an editor called "Z"
which is basically vi.  It has this bug sometimes too with long lines,
mostly when they're at the bottom of the screen.  Interestingly, it
displays a completely meaningless (to me) warning "cur past bot" when
this happens.  So whenever I see "cur past bot" I know to press ^L.
Too bad they didn't just repaint the screen rather than displaying this
message...

ajr