Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:43:58 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Johan du Toit <johand@jacqueshau.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support Request...vi related Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0206251242140.27038-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <3D18801A.11965.A98DF8@localhost>
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On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Johan du Toit wrote: > Good Day! > > I am fairly new in the freeBSD arena and would like to raise this > simple question... > > How can I prevent system messages from scrolling while busy > editing a file in vi ?? It is nearly impossible doing it as you can > imagine. > > I have tried using the :set nomsg command, but no luck. Well, you could try using a different virtual terminal (it, use ALT-F2 to login) since you won't see console stuff there. If you're logged in as root (not su'ed to root) then you may get system alerts - most fo this is configurable through /etc/syslog.conf. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk "...er, that's my _spare_ axe." - Gimli in the Council of Elrond, FotR. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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