Obscure Vi bug?
James Cummings
james at dlss2.UUCP
Thu Jul 19 22:04:06 AEST 1990
In article <798 at intelhf.hf.intel.com> fredch at starlite.hf.intel.com () writes:
>Has anyone else experienced this? I have AT&T/Intel Unix V/386 on my box:
>
>Take a 50 line file (not sure if 50-line specific
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Go to 2 lines below the bottom line using the G command. For example, under
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>TERM=xterm, go to line 25; under TERM=AT386 or TERM=vtpc, go to line 26.
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
>Then type ^B. It will beep. Then, type j. Suddenly the current line will
>be copied onto line 1, and your file just got modified.
>--
Fred,
What are you talking about????? If you can go to 2 lines below
the bottom of the file with a G command, you found a bug there!
If two lines below the bottom of the file can be either line 25
or 26 of a 50 line file you found ANOTHER bug.
Sit back, take a deep breath and try all this again.
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