Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 16:48:19 -0700 From: Seth Kingsley <sethk@osd.bsdi.com> To: gnats-admin@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/21654: Re: nvi's -c flag does no do what it is documented to do. (it does nothing) Message-ID: <20001002164819.B76593@osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <200010021901.MAA38034@freefall.freebsd.org>; from peter@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:01:49PM -0700 References: <200010021901.MAA38034@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: Re: nvi's -c flag does no do what it is documented to do. (it does nothing)
I believe that this is part of nvi's compatiblity with traditional Vi
in that it will not execute +cmd's when creating a new file to edit.
This patch just makes it complain and notes it in the manual page:
Index: common/exf.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /ncvs/src/contrib/nvi/common/exf.c,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 exf.c
--- common/exf.c 2000/01/10 09:17:46 1.3
+++ common/exf.c 2000/09/30 02:05:09
@@ -546,14 +546,17 @@
*/
nb = 0;
gp = sp->gp;
- if (gp->c_option != NULL && !F_ISSET(sp->frp, FR_NEWFILE)) {
+ if (gp->c_option != NULL) {
if (db_last(sp, &sp->lno))
return;
if (sp->lno == 0) {
sp->lno = 1;
sp->cno = 0;
}
- if (ex_run_str(sp,
+ if (F_ISSET(sp->frp, FR_NEWFILE))
+ msgq_str(sp, M_ERR, sp->frp->name,
+ "318|%s: Warning: +cmd ignored for new file");
+ else if (ex_run_str(sp,
"-c option", gp->c_option, strlen(gp->c_option), 1, 1))
return;
gp->c_option = NULL;
Index: docs/USD.doc/vi.man/vi.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /ncvs/src/contrib/nvi/docs/USD.doc/vi.man/vi.1,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 vi.1
--- docs/USD.doc/vi.man/vi.1 1997/09/18 06:49:40 1.4
+++ docs/USD.doc/vi.man/vi.1 2000/10/02 19:19:46
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@
is not limited to positioning commands.
This is the POSIX 1003.2 interface for the historic ``+cmd'' syntax.
.I Nex/nvi
-supports both the old and new syntax.
+supports both the old and new syntax. If a
+.B \-c
+option is used when creating a new file, it is ignored.
.TP
.B \-e
Start editing in ex mode, as if the command name were
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