Open a file with nvi, go to the first line and hit Shift-O. Do you see the same bug as me? It works in old vi. David Young wrote: > These days, NetBSD is shipping two versions of vi, /usr/bin/vi and > /usr/bin/nvi. IIUC, the plan is to switch from vi to nvi, after > nvi stabilizes in NetBSD. In the short term, I am concerned that two > versions of vi are larger than one. In the long term, I am concerned > that the new vi is much bigger than the old. On i386: > > # ls -l `which nvi` > -r-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 466648 Jul 18 16:51 /usr/bin/nvi > # ls -l `which vi` > -r-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 286516 Jul 18 16:52 /usr/bin/vi > > Since one vi will suffice on most systems, I would like to add a build > option, MKNVI, that defaults to 'yes' (build and install both vi and nvi). > If set to 'no', however, MKNVI stops nvi from being built and installed? > Is that ok, so far? > > I am concerned that nvi is too big for embedded applications. What do > we owe the larger size to? Compilation options? New (and essential) > features? Is there any way to bring the size under control? I'm asking > for your ideas. > > Dave > > -- > David Young OJC Technologies > dyoung%ojctech.com@localhost Urbana, IL * (217) 278-3933 ext 24 -- Adam
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