Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!yale!bunker!stpstn!aad From: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: emacs vs vi Message-ID: <1872@stpstn.UUCP> Date: 15 Jul 88 16:56:48 GMT References: <16435@brl-adm.ARPA> <422@ns.ns.com> <811@cerebus.UUCP> Reply-To: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT Lines: 29 >I tried the above and when I tried to save the file the screen froze. >I had to turn the terminal off and back on to restore control, and >then I couldn't tell where I was on the screen. I tried repeatedly >to save the file, and each time ran into the same problem. I finally >had to exit without saving. (That worked.) What a dumb editor. I'm >going back to vi. > >Taking off my novice user hat now. (Chee, that thing fits too tight!) > >David, I think you'd have to add some to your instructions. More likely you'd have to get a real terminal connection, ie., one that didn't do automatic flow control. It's likely that simply typing a ^q would have returned control. Are you using DECnet or what? . . . . . . . . .-- @disclaimer(Any concepts or opinions above are entirely mine, not those of my employer, my GIGI, or my 11/34) beak is beak is not Anthony A. Datri,SysAdmin,StepstoneCorporation,stpstn!aad