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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: uport's new SysV/AT 'vi'--What does it do?
Keywords: vi uport BBS
Message-ID: <202@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 10 Sep 88 12:32:40 GMT
References: <449@fallst.UUCP>
Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas
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In article <449@fallst.UUCP> tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) writes:
>If you're a validated Microport BBS user, with a registered serial number,
>the BBS will allow you to download a new 'vi' editor for System V/AT.  Can
>someone tell me what's new about this and why I'd use it over the one
>distributed with version 2.2-L?  (Actually, I have downloaded it, and all 
>I can see about it is that it takes _forever_ to load--my system is a 
>10mhz AT clone with 2.2 megs RAM.)

The major bug with the older version of vi is that if you do a series of
":x,ys/oldstuff/newstuff/" commands, _sometimes_ the substitute command
stops working, so you have to write and quit, and then re-invoke vi if you
want to continue editing the same file. There were a couple other smaller
bugs, like being inexplicably thrown into "ex" mode.

The new vi fixes those bugs.

Wolf
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