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From: ccs@lazlo.UUCP (Clifford C. Skolnick)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.bugs,comp.sys.att,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Weird problem with vi... "Not that many lines in buffer"
Keywords: vi, bug
Message-ID: <73@lazlo.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 88 18:33:54 GMT
References: <508@icus.islp.ny.us>
Reply-To: ccs@lazlo.UUCP (Clifford C. Skolnick)
Organization: The Steam Tunnel, Henrietta, NY
Lines: 29

In article <508@icus.islp.ny.us> lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) writes:
>I just created this .signature file, and for some reason every time this
>is in a file, and I do a "vi" of that file I get the following message...
>
>".signature" 4 lines of 300 characters Not that many lines in buffer
>
>-Lenny
>-- 
>Lenny Tropiano             ICUS Software Systems         w: +1 (516) 582-5525
>lenny@icus.islp.ny.us      Telex: 154232428 ICUS         h: +1 (516) 968-8576
                              ^   ^ Here is the problem!

According to vi you are trying to go to line 154232428!  I found this
problem when I created a line "systex:XXXXX:...." in my passwd file.  Put
a space between the "ex" and the ":" or just change Telex to TELEX.





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