From n5xwb@inetport.com Wed Mar  4 22:53:58 1998
From: n5xwb@inetport.com
To: users@lists.opensuse.org
Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] VIM bug + buglet?
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 23:53:58 +0100
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In-Reply-To: <[S.u.S.E. Linux] VIM bug + buglet?>
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Matthew Aylward EG201 G219 SL CKR wrote:

> (Ted Harding) wrote:
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I have observed misbehaviour in the "vim" supplied with S.u.S.E. Linux.
> >
> > This was already present in the version that came with S.u.S.E.-5.0, and I
> > hoped it would be cured in 5.1 after upgrade, but apparently it isn't.
> >
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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> > 1. BUG
> >
> > You have a line with several instances of "A" and you want to replace all=
 of
> > them with "B". So, with the cursor at the start of the line,  you do
> >
> > :s/A/B/g
> >
> > This has the effect of replcing only the first "A" with "B".
> >
> > Then you do the same again, and this time all the remaining replacements
> > happen.
> >
> > 2. BUGLET
> >
> > When you want to make a "visual" block (with "V", "v" or "^V"), the chara=
cter
> > under the cursor appears blanked out at any rate if you revisit it when m=
oving
> > the cursor around with the arrow keys.
> >
> > It may also take two presses of "v" to exit from "visual".
> >
> > This doesn't appear to affect anything important, however.
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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> >
> > I apparently have vim version 4.0 and, from the time-stamp on /usr/bin/vi=
m, it
> > was the one installed from S.u.S.E.-5.0, with no upgrade when 5.1 was ins=
talled.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Ted.
> >
>
> Ted,
> I use vim 4.6 from the SuSE 5.1 cd, compiled from the sources to include
> gui-vim and such. This does not show the behavior you describe.
> I have tried to compile the new 5.0 alpha (with code colour
> highlighting) on SuSE without much luck, though I haven't tried very
> hard.
> see    <A HREF=3D"http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/vim/"><A HREF=3D"htt=
p://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/vim/</A">http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guck=
es/vim/</A</A>>
> for any vim info
>
> Good luck,
> Matt
>
> --
> Matt Aylward
> Dept of Geography (GIS), UWA
> email: maylward(a)sunny.gis.uwa.edu.au
>       Linux Lover and GIS Geek
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  Hey Group:

I believe that I have seen the same problem.  I used either vi (vim) or ed an=
d I only
got 1 change per line not a global  change.  I used even  "1,$s/xxx/yyy/".

73 Donn aka N5XWB


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