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From: mh@awds.imsd.contel.com (Michael Hoegeman)
Subject: nvi problem. anybody seen this??
Message-ID: <1994Feb21.052000.10223@awds.imsd.contel.com>
Organization: GTE Contel Federal Systems, Westlake Village CA
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 05:20:00 GMT
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here is a bug i have encountered with nvi...
Start nvi.1.03 with no filename arg in an xterm
( i do it under sunos4.1.3 with X11R5 )
Stretch the x term to be longer in height by a few
lines worth of text
nvi then repaints the screen. it looks like it does not
repaint the whole screen because there are not extra tildes
at the bottom of the screen for the extra lines.
Then hit anything (control L will do).
At this point, nvi then exits after
getting a MOVE() error in svi_line.c/99
This will happen when you load a file too.. do some editing,
stretch the window, and then control L. poof... the edits don't
get written out either. yuck. This of course is how i first
found the problem ;-) .
anybody seen this problem with nvi ??
This seems like it would be a common sequence
for someone to do and it produces rather dire results.
Is there some chance i did not build nvi correctly?? i just used
the basic PORT/sunos.4.1.3 directory using make CC=gcc
-mike hoegeman, mh@wx.gtegsc.com
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