why does vi insist on deleting to big chunks of my precious code???

[Richard Foulk]

>I have an intermittent problem with 'vi' under 386/ix 2.0.2, where vi will
>suddenly decide to delete every precious handcrafted character in my file
>from the cursor right down to EOF. It then deliberately and maliciously
>leaves me in insert mode so that doing an "undo" wont get it back.

No sense giving up just 'cause undo doesn't work!  Try:

	<esc>"1P
or
	<esc>"2P

etc.


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Richard Foulk		richard at pegasus.com