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- From: fisher@inls1.ucsd.edu (Yuval Fisher)
- Newsgroups: comp.editors,alt.sources
- Subject: Re: Vi/Ex: command line editor? - Yes!
- Message-ID: <4922@network.ucsd.edu>
- Date: 11 Mar 91 02:35:23 GMT
-
- I find that ex Version SVR3.1 (released with sunOS 4.1.1, I am guessing)
- and ex Version 3.7, 6/7/85. (released with previous sun systems)
- behave differently with the "-" option. The latter does what I would
- reasonably expect from the man pages explanation, but the first
- causes the terminal output to be somewhat non-sensical.
- This causes a bit of a problem with the redo script recently
- posted to edit the last command. It works beautifully with
- Version 3.7; not at all with Version SVR3.1 if the "-" option
- is included; and so-so with Version SVR3.1 if the "-" option is
- removed.
- Does some vi/ex guru know what I am talking about and why it is so
- and if there is a fix ?
-
- Buckets of thanks, Y. Fisher
-