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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!fwi.uva.nl!gene.fwi.uva.nl!bosman From: bosman@fwi.uva.nl (Cor Bosman) Subject: Re: elvis bug Message-ID: <1993Apr30.200643.3856@fwi.uva.nl> Sender: news@fwi.uva.nl Nntp-Posting-Host: queue.fwi.uva.nl Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam References: <1rr14f$t31@Germany.EU.net> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 20:06:43 GMT Lines: 24 bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) writes: >Folks, >the version of elvis that comes with 386bsd 0.1 has a severe bug: >The undo operation fails to set the status of the file edited to dirty. >Example: >vi foo >(edit) >:w! /* file is written to disk */ >(change) /* like: delete half of the file */ >:w! /* file is written to disk */ >u >:w! /* file is NOT written to disk */ Why not just use 'vi'? the REAL vi.. im sorry to say so..but to me elvis just doesnt do it. Its buggy and just strange. Go for vi :) cor -- |bosman@fwi.uva.nl_ // | Honest Officer , had I known my health | |-----------------\\ //AMIGA | stood in jeopardy I would never had lit one.| | PE no.1 \\/ | -MAXIM (of the Hells Angels)- | |__________ Quickly Scotty,beam me up.There is no ox..y..ge..._____________|