Xref: utzoo unix-pc.bugs:36 comp.sys.att:4342 comp.unix.wizards:11358 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdahl!ames!mailrus!cornell!rochester!kodak!pcid!gizzmo!lazlo!ccs 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. >{talcott,boulder,hombre,pacbell,sbcs}!icus!lenny attmail!icus!lenny > ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY 11752 -- Clifford C. Skolnick | - You told me time makes it easy, then you never told Phone: (716) 427-8046 | me time stands still - Gary Neuman PACKET: N1DPH@WB2WXQ | ...!rutgers!rochester!ritcv!ritcsh!sabin! lazlo!ccs BITNET: CCS6277@RITVAX | \!kodak!pcid!gizzmo!/