Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!teemc!cfctech!pte!kiy
From: kiy@pte.UUCP (Kevin Young)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MKS VI bugs ?? still??
Summary: Use backslash to quote @
Keywords: MKS vi
Message-ID: <847@pte.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 89 19:47:27 GMT
References: <1921@loral.UUCP>
Reply-To: kiy@pte.UUCP (Kevin Young)
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Organization: Precise Technology & Electronics, Warren, MI
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In article <1921@loral.UUCP> jcb@loral.UUCP (Jay C. Bowden) writes:
>
>If I backspace in INSERT mode (with control-H; does that make
>any difference?), I delete NOT ONLY the character I typed last,
>but ALSO delete one character out of the original line for
>each backspace I do!

I have not experienced this with MKS vi.  I do know that, unlike some 
versions of vi, the MKS version will allow you to backspace beyond your
starting point.

>And I cannot insert a "@" character into a line at all!  The 
>@ seems to delete to start of line, even in insert mode.

The '@' character is the UNIX delete-line character and has the same
effect in vi.  To enter characters which have special editting functions,
be sure to precede them with the '\' character.  

>Jay Bowden, EE/Consultant; see also Bowden Engineering
>Currently contracted at Loral Instrumentation, San Diego
>{ucbvax, ittvax!dcdwest, akgua, decvax, ihnp4}!ucsd!loral!jcb

MKS vi still does have a few other bugs.  Specifically, when editting a
file with more than 256 lines and doing excessive moves and deletes,
sometimes the first line of the file gets replicated randomly all over
your text.  MKS has been working on this elusive bug for some time.
Still, MKS vi is an outstanding tool!
Kevin

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>|< Kevin I Young					uunet!edsews!pte!kiy
    Precise Technology & Electronics, Inc.
    Custom Automated Test and Measurement Equipment for Industry
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