HEEEELLLPPP!!
Theodore W. Larson
larson at c3.lanl.gov
Thu Aug 30 08:58:48 AEST 1990
Earlier today, I was editing a file in vi and
after a great deal of modification, I decided it was
time to save and then compile. So, I went to exit vi
in the usual manner by typing :x
This would simply save my file and exit.
Unfortunatly, this time I accidentally typed :X
and it asked for an encryption key. Naturally, not knowing
what this ment, I hit escape, and then typed :x and
saved and exited my file. Imagine my suprise when I went to
compile and realized my file was now ecrypted in some strange
format! So, now I have lost about three days of work and around
2,000 lines of new code. HOW DO I UNENCRYPT MY FILE??!?!?
All the documentation I have on vi and ex says NOTHING about
this crummy feature. I called Sun Microsystems because I am
using a Sun-4 workstation, and they were no help at all. They
couldn't figure out who to route me to that would know.
Do you know?!?!?!? I would be most grateful if you could tell
me what to do.
- Ted (larson at lanl.gov)
505-665-4170
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