On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 07:36:38PM +0000, Jim Breton wrote:
> Well, when I open rc.conf (or any file) in vi, it's very difficult to
> use: when it looks like I'm on (e.g.) line 10 I will try to edit the
> line, and after refreshing the screen find out I edited the wrong line.
> Also scrolling through the file makes large whitespace gaps appear, then
> after a refresh they go away.. all sorts of various display problems
> like this.

It could be that your terminal setting is wrong? You could try setting
the TERM environment variable to vt100 or xterm or similar. If you use
sh or bash, try	
		export TERM=vt100;
If you use csh or tcsh, try:
		set term = vt100;

best wishes,
-- 
Chris