Another possible kernel enhancement...

[Keith Gabryelski]

In article <19069 at rpp386.cactus.org> jfh at rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
writes:
>[...] Also, there are serious obstacles to editors with very long
>lines.  This system, vi for example, seems incapable of editing files
>with lines longer than 4KB.
>
>The solution is to permit the "\" character to function as a line
>continuation character on input, and add "\" characters on output.

A more general solution is to fix the bug that prevents the program
from correctly dealing with sufficiently long lines.

Pax, Keith

Ps, This is not to say that line continuation characters are evil but
they should be unnecessary.
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