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- From: rknop@cco.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop)
- Subject: Re: VLT Question
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.151229.644@cco.caltech.edu>
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- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:12:29 GMT
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- doerrhb@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Heath Doerr) writes:
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- > I am having a small amount of trouble with VLT (senior) and I
- >was wondering if someone could help me out. When using VI, I cursor
- >around with the arrow keys and the text that I back over (using left
- >arrow key) disappears. If I refresh the screen, everything is
- >still there, it just vanishes with the left arrow. This also happens
- >randomly when using the mouse support in VI. Any suggestions?
-
- Probably you have destructive backspace on. (Menu item Destructive BS under
- the Operations menu... hmm, sounds like the C= marketing division....) Try
- turning that off, and it will probably fix your problem.
-
- (You will fix more problems if you stop using VI and get ahold of emacs, but
- that's a "whole nuther" issue.)
-
- -Rob Knop
- rknop@tybalt.caltech.edu
-