Well, you have found a bug I would guess. That is "why"... Maybe a buffer over-run..too long a line ? Report it.. Cliff
On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 02:01:58AM +0200, David Jardine wrote: > I only know that I type 'vi' on the command line and - I've > just checked - 'which vi' tells me '/usr/bin/vi' but, hang on, > 'ls -l /usr/bin/vi' tells me it's a symlink to > /etc/alternatives/vi and, hang on another sec, that is a symlink > to /usr/bin/nvi, which seems to be the final destination at > 315248 bytes. So let me rephrase my question. Does anyone > know why nvi baulks at removing formatting mumbo-jumbo from > WordPad files? > > David > > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 07:30:57PM -0400, dman wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 01:40:50AM +0200, David Jardine wrote: > > | I was trying to remove the formatting mumbo-jumbo of a MS WordPad > > | document in vi, but it segfaulted - repeatedly. Is there a > > | known reason for this? > > > > Uhh, vi is and copyrighted by AT&T and I don't think it is maintained > > anymore. You don't have it. Now which vi *clone* do you have > > installed? nvi? elvis? vim? I like vim the best -- it has a lot of > > really useful features and is very stable, not to mention extremely > > cross-platform. Try 'antiword' though -- it is really cool at > > rendering Word docs as plain text. > > > > HTH, > > -D > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
