ma(pping) in vi

[Chris Torek]

> From: friesen at psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
>
> ... vi [3.X] ... automatically use[es] the k* special key definitions
> from termcap.  If cursor-right is CTL-L then that assignment takes
> precedence over using CTL-L as a redraw command....  There is a
> *second* redraw screen command CTL-R which I use without needing to
> resort to mapping.

One problem: the ^R redraw command is to redraw with minimal changes,
not to rewrite the whole screen.  It's used to remove the ``@'' lines
vi uses for dumb terminals when ``redraw'' is not set.  (:set redraw
makes vi simulate line I/D by rewriting the screen, which is painful
at low baud rates.)

^R won't fix your screen after a background message is printed, for
example.  (You can always resort to ^Z/fg . . . .)
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