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From: aho@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Ho)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: tough bug in vi
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Date: 23 Nov 88 20:59:23 GMT
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In article <11500001@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>This bug works like this:
>
>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 believe that vi does this so that one can still use the program
when working from a slow dumb terminal (at something like 300 baud).

to refresh the screen, you can type either ctrl-l or ctrl-r and the
screen should refresh.

alex.


Alex Ho                                  
University of California, Berkeley       aho@cory.berkeley.edu
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