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- From: bclaus@cs.wright.edu (Brian Clausing)
- Subject: Re: Odd vi behavior
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.001806.9074@cs.wright.edu>
- Organization: Wright State University
- References: <fstuart.930105152908@lab16.eng.auburn.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:18:06 GMT
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- From article <fstuart.930105152908@lab16.eng.auburn.edu>, by fstuart@eng.auburn.edu (Frank Stuart):
- > It seems that when I try to edit a file with vi with a filename longer than
- > ~66 characters, it stops with a "[Hit return to continue]" message before
- > proceeding. I've tried this with two different version of vi with the same
- > results. If I change TERM to a terminal with >80 characters, I can type
- > more characters without the message. Also, while view behaves similarly,
- > ex doesn't seem to care how long the filename is. Any ideas?
- >
- In the versions of vi that I use (Ultrix, System V) the message appears
- because the response to a command takes more than one line. Hence the
- program logic gives you an opportunity to see the entire command
- response and then repaints the screen after a carriage return.
-
- If the tt line is declared longer, the program logic detects multiple-
- line messages less frequently.
-
- Ex doesn't exhibit this behavior because there is no full-screen
- display.
-
- The only thing that seems unusual about the behavior of the versions I
- use is that it sometimes occurs and is not necessary.
-
- Brian Clausing
-