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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MKS VI bugs ?? still??
Keywords: MKS vi
Message-ID: <3796@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 89 15:39:44 GMT
References: <1921@loral.UUCP> <11891@grebyn.COM>
Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout
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In article <11891@grebyn.COM> johnk@opel.UUCP (John Kennedy) writes:
<In article <1921@loral.UUCP> jcb@loral.UUCP (Jay C. Bowden) writes:
<>And I cannot insert a "@" character into a line at all!  The 
<>@ seems to delete to start of line, even in insert mode.
<>- Jay
<>
<
<Try escaping the @ sign with a ctrl-v.  It works on my MKS vi.

I have the following ex.rc file which lets the @ character work as a character:


set 8bits
set native
set dir=c:/tmp
set linedelete=0x15
set scrupdate=1


Also, be sure and set the HOME and ROOTDIR environment variables.

As for the insert/backspace problem, you're right, it does allow you to
backspace further than the number of characters that you had inserted.  I just
never noticed that before.
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