[comp.editors] Obscure Vi bug?

rac@sherpa.UUCP (Roger Cornelius) (07/20/90)

From article <798@intelhf.hf.intel.com>, by fredch@starlite.hf.intel.com:
> Has anyone else experienced this?  I have AT&T/Intel Unix V/386 on my box:
> 
> Take a 50 line file (not sure if 50-line specific, but that's where I found it).
> Go to 2 lines below the bottom line using the G command.  For example, under
> TERM=xterm, go to line 25; under TERM=AT386 or TERM=vtpc, go to line 26.
> Then type ^B.  It will beep.  Then, type j.  Suddenly the current line will
> be copied onto line 1, and your file just got modified.

This also occurs with the vi on SCO UNIX V3.2.0, which, when given the
:version command reports SVR3.1.  It doesn't appear to be file length
specific.
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Roger A. Cornelius          rac@sherpa.UUCP         uunet!sherpa!rac