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From: malpass@vlsi.ll.mit.edu (Don Malpass)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: tough bug in vi
Message-ID: <222@vlsi.ll.mit.edu>
Date: 23 Nov 88 16:25:47 GMT
References: <11500001@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: malpass@ll-vlsi.arpa.UUCP (Don Malpass)
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington MA
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In article <11500001@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>I go into insert mode with "i" and type in some new text.  I then backspace
>over that text with ^H (backspace).  The text is no longer in the buffer
>but is still showing on the screen.

I am sure I've seen this, but I think on some machines I've also NOT
seen it.  Therefore there's some chance it may be a termcap file
definition problem.  Since it doesn't bug me as much as it does you,
the details don't stick in my mind.  I'll try to take note of how
vi deletions act in the other machines I use, and if there's anything
of interest I'll pass it on.  Meanwhile, the pointer to termcap
may prompt some guru to contribute some wisdom if that's the trouble.
-- 
Don Malpass   [malpass@LL-vlsi.arpa],  [malpass@gandalf.ll.mit.edu] 
  The Malpass Principle:  Given a binary choice, the statistical
    probability of doing the right thing is 31.7% - on good days.