root@MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU (07/11/90)
Jot drops cr/newlines or whatever serves that purpose in some lines. Shell scripts will sometines conk out with odd error messages if you edit them with jot. I have worked around by double spacing around trouble spots. This is under version 3.2. Is this fixed in 3.3 ? dan. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | karron@nyu.edu Dan Karron | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York University Medical Center | | 560 First Avenue \ \ Pager <1> (212) 397 9330 | | New York, New York 10016 \**\ <2> 10896 <3> <your-number-here> | | (212) 340 5210 \**\__________________________________________ | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
pstowne@zargon.lerc.nasa.gov (Charles E. Towne) (07/11/90)
In article <9007101814.AA05130@mcirps2.med.nyu.edu> root@MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU writes: > >Jot drops cr/newlines or whatever serves that purpose in some lines. >Shell scripts will sometines conk out with odd error messages if you edit them >with jot. I have worked around by double spacing around trouble spots. > I've been using jot under IRIX 3.2 for everything from source code, to shell scripts, to text (like this message.) I've seen the dropping newlines problem also, but only under certain situations. I'm sure it's not a random problem (computers are deterministic, I hope :-)). It appears to be related to moving the cursor with the arrow keys when at the end of lines. Doing all cursor movement with the mouse eliminates the problem, for me anyway. Now, if only jot had some command-line feature for things like global search and replace, I could quit using vi entirely. -- Charlie Towne Email: pstowne@zargon.lerc.nasa.gov MS 5-11 Phone: (216) 433-5851 NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH 44135