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Date:      Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:04:28 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Philippe CASIDY <pcasidy@casidy.com>
To:        johand@jacqueshau.co.za
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Support Request...vi related
Message-ID:  <200206251202.g5PC27YL003988@gueway.home>
In-Reply-To: <3D18801A.11965.A98DF8@localhost>

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On 25 Jun, 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.
> 

Meanwhile, when such things happen, you can try to type <CRTL>-L.
It will refresh the display of the terminal.

The best thing is to setup your syslog.conf as you were seggested.

Enjoy

Phil.



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