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From: mcintyrd@cs.rpi.edu (David McIntyre)
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Subject: Re: More than 24 lines in *nix?
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Date: 22 Apr 89 00:35:55 GMT
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In article <11563@s.ms.uky.edu> simon@ms.uky.edu (G. Simon Gales) writes:
>I was wondering if anyone out there has ever gotten vi (*nix) to
>work on a terminal with more than 25 lines?   132 columns?
>
>	Advanced Thanks...
>		Simon Gales.

I am writing this using vi with about 55 lines, and about 120 columns.
You either have a bad termcap thingee or a bad vi.  I do this
usually from a Sun 3/60, using X.  

As a matter of fact, vi evens works right if I change window sizes
in the middle of a session.

				-Dave

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