Subject: Re: Funky vi editing escapE in X on alphas... why? any fix?
To: None <port-alpha@NetBSD.org>
From: Carl Lowenstein <cdl@mpl.ucsd.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/26/2003 20:47:43
> From: Robertdkeys@aol.com
> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 23:13:41 EDT
> Subject: Funky vi editing  escapE in X on alphas... why?  any fix?
> To: port-alpha@NetBSD.org
> 
> I am running into a problem while editing on the Alphas.
> Not running X, vi or vim edit correctly, without problems.
> In X, twm/xterm, on exit from an input mode escape,
> X or the xterm has the very annoying habit of switching
> case on the last character entered before the escape,
> thusly:
> 
>    i<cr>
>    Hello world<escape>
> 
> entered into a file, switches case on the final letter,
> thusly:
> 
>    Hello worlD
> 
> which is rather annoying whilst editing code or documents
> or whatever.
> 
> Anyone know what, if any, fix will get around this problem?

	i<cr>
	Hello world<cr>
	<escape>

Seems like the simplest solution to me.
But I can't seem to reproduce the original problem.

    carl
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