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From: purdon@athena.mit.edu (James R Purdon)
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Subject: Re: cbterm and vi
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Date: 26 Feb 90 15:41:37 GMT
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In article <1990Feb23.201134.28559@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> tim@lenti () writes:
>Has anyone had any experience with using cbterm and (UNIX) vi editor.
>I like the screen and other features of cbterm but I am having
>no luck at all getting vi to work.  The cursor commands produce
>wild results that reprint lines, refuse to move in any direction
>and generally make life miserable.  The weird thing is that the

In your home directory on the unix box, try the following:

echo "set notimeout" >.exrc

I don't know if this will work for you, but it's solved many a problem
with using vi over networks and phone lines for me.  You may also wish
to try:

stty extb (your_baud_rate_goes_here)

have fun...

Jim


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James Purdon
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