Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Strange behavior from ex when input is redirected Message-ID: <468@baylor.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 23:30:03 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.468 Posted: Sun Aug 18 23:30:03 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 02:28:57 EDT References: <775@dataio.UUCP> Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 11 > Terminal must have UP capability to use open/visual mode > (even thought the only command in the file was "set"), or > Unknown terminal type "dumb" Try execing 'ex' with argv[0]='edit'. Then it won't try to do a 'set open'. Of course that shouldn't be a problem, because I've used 'ex' on dumb terminals before... -- Peter (Made in Australia) da Silva UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076