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  2. From: rot@multisys.com (Republic of Taiwan)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
  4. Subject: Re: Problems invoking vi through xterm
  5. Message-ID: <BtrCu3.5MI@multisys.com>
  6. Date: 29 Aug 92 18:32:26 GMT
  7. References: <1adnk5m.westes@netcom.com>
  8. Organization: Multimedia Information Systems Corporation, San Jose, CA                        TEL: (408) 437-3031            E-mail: info@multisys.com
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  11. In article <1adnk5m.westes@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
  12. =
  13. =When I invoke vi
  14. =through xterm with
  15. =the command:
  16. =
  17. =    xterm -ls -132 -e vi
  18. =
  19. =I end up with a vi
  20. =window that is
  21. =always 24x80, even
  22. =if I re-size the
  23. =xterm window.
  24. =Further, as can be
  25. =seen in this note,
  26. =vi will set the
  27. =margin to around 20,
  28. =even if I explicitly
  29. =reset the margin
  30. =with the command:
  31. =    set wm=65
  32. =inside of vi.
  33. =
  34. =Is there a
  35. =workaround for this
  36. =bug? 
  37. =
  38. =-- 
  39. =Thanks,
  40. =Will Estes        Internet: westes@netcom.com
  41.  
  42. xterm -g =132x24 -ls -e vi
  43.