Subject: Re: vi oddity tracked to screen, and maybe newer termcap
To: Mason Loring Bliss <mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us>
From: Rob Windsor <windsor@warthog.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/18/1999 16:37:11
Verily did Mason Loring Bliss write:

> As it turns out, vi isn't at fault with regard to the message I sent earlier
> about the pause after hitting escape. I've tracked this down to screen. When
> I have screen running, I see the pause. When I don't have screen running, I
> don't see the pause. (I don't see this odd behaviour on a 1.3.2 box whether
> it's running screen or not. However, I do see this behaviour using a 1.3.2
> vi on my -current box.)

> Since this behaviour is new as of yesterday's build, and since my screen
> installation hasn't changed, the only thing I can think of is termcap or
> something. I will try swapping in an older termcap when I get home, to
> see how that impacts things. I can't think of anything else that would
> be in the loop here.

> (FWIW, nvi and vile share the pause, where as vim doesn't. Vim, however,
> interacts oddly with screen in other ways. Heh.)

> I'll jabber at the list again when I know more.

Smells a lot like the pr I filed on Feb 15 (pkg/7008).

http://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=7008

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