Subject: bin/11544: vi crashes easily when using interrupt instead of esc
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Antti Kantee <pooka@iki.fi>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/21/2000 16:24:14
>Number: 11544
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: vi crashes easily when using interrupt instead of esc
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 21 16:24:00 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Antti Kantee
>Release: nvi 1.66
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD babylon5.localhost.fi 1.5K NetBSD 1.5K (BABYLON5) #114: Sun Nov 19 14:03:11 EET 2000 pooka@babylon5.localhost.fi:/sources/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/BABYLON5 i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
nvi probably forgets to initialise something when returning to insert mode
via interrupt. This problem has been verified also with nvi 1.79
>How-To-Repeat:
start vi
ifoo<ctrl-c>. ---> bad stuff
However this works as it should:
start vi
i<esc>ifoo<ctrl-c>.
>Fix:
yes
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: