Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ki4pv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!petsd!peora!ucf-cs!ki4pv!tanner From: tanner@ki4pv.UUCP (Tanner Andrews) Newsgroups: net.bugs.usg Subject: Re: VI dumps core for no reason Message-ID: <422@ki4pv.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 10:53:57 EDT Article-I.D.: ki4pv.422 Posted: Mon Aug 19 10:53:57 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 01:02:47 EDT References: <106@rruxu.UUCP>, <207@drivax.UUCP> Organization: CompuData South, DeLand Lines: 10 Keywords: vi_on_286, vi_core_dump Depending on the version of "vi" being used on the `286, core will be dumped if "showmatch" is set and parentheses &c. are encountered on input. May happen even if not in "visual" mode. Once you get up to vers 3.7 you are reasonably safe from core dumps (tho "recover" doesn't work here, and filesize is limited to 45K). --Tanner Andrews, KI4PV uucp: ...!decvax!ucf-cs!ki4pv!tanner