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From: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD2.0R: Problem with vi in a xterm
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Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 14:52:41 GMT
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In article <3ehjph$tk@kauss.rhein-main.de> ska@kauss.rhein-main.de (Stephan Kauss) writes:

>Hi Folk's,
>
>I have problems with the "vi" in my xterm.
>The "vi" use only 23 lines (My xterm has 38 lines). So if I edit a file
>I type the ^l very offten.

use:

$ stty row 38		# done only once per session
$ vi file

--mark.