jhc@mtune.UUCP (03/27/87)
In article <356@gssc.UUCP> jdm@gssc.UUCP (John D. Miller) writes: >vi on system 5 is severely limited (in my opinion) by limiting the size of >files that can be edited. on bsd, i can vi a seemingly infinetly large >file (there is *some* limit, of course), but a file of a few hundred K or >so bugs out on system v with the complaint that the temp file is too large. >(yes, i have plenty of room on my filesystems.) If you have source then I can tell you how to persuade SVR2 vi to edit ULIMIT files, also to handle loooong lines. Don't know about other versions, sorry. In makefile.usg: First, change the options line to read: OPTIONS= -DCRYPT -DUSG -DSTDIO -DVMUNIX Then put these two modifications into the appropriate places in the same file: #ifndef VMUNIX #STRINGS=strings.o #endif. # jhc .c.o: #ifdef VMUNIX # jhc ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c $*.c #else # ${MKSTR} - exstrings x $*.c # ${CC} -E ${CFLAGS} x$*.c | ${XSTR} -c - # rm -f x$*.c # ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c $*.c # mv x.o $*.o #endif and recompile. I've been running this on 20 VAXen for over a year now. Works great! -- Jonathan Clark [NAC,attmail]!mtune!jhc Albatross! Stormy petrel on a stick!