Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:4343 comp.unix.wizards:11359 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!dik From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Weird problem with vi... "Not that many lines in buffer" Keywords: vi, bug Message-ID: <7652@boring.cwi.nl> Date: 26 Sep 88 08:20:38 GMT References: <508@icus.islp.ny.us> Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 22 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 > Apparently you have a version of vi that automagically performs commands embedded in the first and last four lines of a file. > 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 culprit ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > {talcott,boulder,hombre,pacbell,sbcs}!icus!lenny attmail!icus!lenny > ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY 11752 -- dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland INTERNET : dik@cwi.nl BITNET/EARN: dik@mcvax -- dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland INTERNET : dik@cwi.nl BITNET/EARN: dik@mcvax