From: wong@cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Jung) Subject: Re: Long lines in vi (elvis) Date: 20 Apr 1993 22:23:23 GMT
Rick Miller (rick@ee.uwm.edu) wrote:
: I've been having trouble with "vi" (actually "elvis") under Linux, but it's
: probably just a settings-thing. "elvis", unlike vanilla "vi", lets you scroll
: right and left, so long lines don't wrap to the next line on your screen.
: I really like this function, but it doesn't display correctly for some reason.
Me too :-)
: For normal-length lines, and even for some that aren't *too* much longer than
: the 80-char screen width, it displays as expected. But when lines get much
: longer (I haven't tested for the limit...) the display gets screwed up:
: The first character of some lines is shown as though it were appended to the
: previous line, and long lines may wrap down into a following empty line.
: Is this a problem with "elvis"? with my termcap?
: How do I tell "elvis" to properly use my 80x25 display?
On which terminal are you using it ? I cannot reproduce this on my console
Display (plin SLS 1.0 termcap file, 80*50) Maybe there is something
incorrect in in the termcapentry. test one of the other available entries :-)
Please test it with the 80x50 Display..
Gruss
Wolfgang