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From: kolding@june.cs.washington.edu (Eric Koldinger)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: tough bug in vi
Message-ID: <6511@june.cs.washington.edu>
Date: 23 Nov 88 18:33:57 GMT
References: <11500001@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: kolding@uw-june.UUCP (Eric Koldinger)
Organization: U of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle
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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.

This isn't a bug, it's just the way 'vi' works.  'vi' is optimized to keep
traffic over lines to a minimum, so it's actually a good feature for those
of us who use slow telephone lines and dumb terminals to communicate.

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