From: Mika Pekka Liljeberg (liljeber@klaava.Helsinki.FI)
Date: 07/21/92


From: liljeber@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Mika Pekka Liljeberg)
Subject: Re: termcap
Date: 21 Jul 1992 19:35:49 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.081300.17922@walter.cray.com> roberts@pepper.cray.com (Mike Roberts) wrote:
> However, now my vi is messed up and when I insert, extra spaces get
> inserted. I thought that this too might be a result of the kernel
> changes so I recompiled elvis but found it to act the same way. I
> suspect a problem in the new termcap file that came in
> setterm-0.96b.tar.Z but I haven't got a clue how to fix it. Has
> anyone else found this problem and a solution?

Yup. This is my fault. It appears that the termcap may contain either
the im (insert mode) capability, or the ic (insert character) capability,
but _not_ both. So, the solution is to remove either ic, or im. I'd
recommend that you remove ic.

> Mike

        Mika