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From: ngg@bridge2.3Com.Com (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Problems with Red Ryder
Message-ID: <317@bridge2.3Com.Com>
Date: 9 Feb 89 00:11:18 GMT
References: <2301@uokmax.UUCP> <4284@hubcap.UUCP>
Reply-To: ngg@bridge2.3Com.com (Norman Goodger)
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Organization: 3Com Corp., Mt. View, CA
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In article <4284@hubcap.UUCP> jcocon@hubcap.UUCP (james c oconnor) writes:
>I DID buy Red Ryder 10.3 and have been having persistent problems in 'vi' on
>4 different Unix systems.  No matter what I do (messing with the tab settings, 
>etc), when I edit a line that is more than a few characters long the cursor
>jumps around all over the line.  Tabs make the problems worse, but even without
>them, trying to edit in the last 3/4 of a line usually puts the cursor about
>1/2 way along the line.  It is very hard to figure out what is going on.
>Any help?  I am new on the net.
Thanks,
Jim O'Connor

The tab settings should be set to every 8 characters, otherwise you
will probably have problems, if the problem persists, I am not sure what
it could be since I use RR with vi with no problems, the cursor never jumps
for me....

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Norm Goodger				SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862
3Com Corp.				Co-Sysop FreeSoft RT - GEnie.
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