[comp.editors] strange vi behavior

paik@lance.tis.llnl.gov (Yunki Paik) (09/22/90)

Here is a puzzling problem, which I decided to ask you vi experts out there.

Problem: In command mode, it echoes the command letters. 
	 For example, to insert text, I type i.  It, then, ehoes
         i and goes into input mode.  All commands work, though, because it 
         saves the text intact anyhow. 
	 But, the screen looks pretty confusing during the edit session.

	 In this case, vi runs as the grandchild process, and its grandparent
	 process runs in raw tty mode. The parent process runs in cooked mode.
	 We save/restore tty mode  at the grandparent process.
	 Doesn't vi set tty mode no matter how it was inherited, and restore
	 upon exit?
Anyone?
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Yunki Paik
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
paik@lance.tis.llnl.gov