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Date:      Fri, 03 May 1996 17:16:04 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph P. Kukulies)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vi :a screws tty
Message-ID:  <199605031516.RAA19215@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <199605030859.KAA17658@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>

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> 
> Anyone typed :a in vi command mode? Happens to me occasionally
> when I miss the q. I didn't find a way to get out of that trap
> other than killing the process. 

I just learnt that :a is a ex command and quitting with . is the
correct way to leave that mode.

Newer versions of nvi issue a short help message on that mode.


> 
> --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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