On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Rafal Boni wrote:

> In message <Pine.A32.3.95.971211142844.84739A-100000@macro.stanford.edu>, you w
> rite: 
> 
> -> I've had a long-standing problem with pcvt, which I've ignored until now.
> -> 
> -> Whenever I use vi (and occasionally more), only half the screen gets
> -> filled with text. For instance, when I vi a file, the top 16 lines are
> -> filled with text. If I type ^L, these 16 lines are re-drawn. If, however,
> -> I scroll down the page, the rest of the lines get filled in. Does anyone
> -> know why this would be happening?
> 
> Check the baud rate [sic] that is assigned to the line in /etc/gettytab.
> This happened to me when I upgraded a machine and my /etc/ttys disagreed
> with /etc/gettytab.  Hence, it defautled to the a gettytab setting with
> speed set to 1200bps.  
> 
> vi (and maybe other curses apps) used the low speed as an indicator to
> paints things differently, and hence the half-painted screen.

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was it.

Thank you, and also Tatoku Ogaito and Andreas Wrede, for pointing this
out.

Take care,

Bill