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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!serval.net.wsu.edu!beta.tricity.wsu.edu!msmith From: msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith) Subject: Re: FreeBSD2.0R: Fix Problem with vi in a xterm Message-ID: <D22MAK.Kz9@serval.net.wsu.edu> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (News) Organization: Washington State University X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3emp76$or@kauss.rhein-main.de> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 05:08:44 GMT Lines: 26 Stephan Kauss (ska@kauss.rhein-main.de) wrote: : Hi Folk's : day's befor I wrote this message : : >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. : >The command "resize" didn't change the problem. I set the TERM and TERMCAP : >variable correct. : > : >May be the "vi" didn't use the TERMCAP variable. : Now I find the problem : : I set in my .login the enviroment variable "LINES" and "COLUMNS". If using xterm, use the command eval `resize` BE CAREFUL OF THE SINGLE QUOTES!! Mark