compata@cup.portal.com (David H Close) (07/31/90)
A small problem with mail on AIX 3.1. InfoExplorer and the man page both say (and tradition holds) that ~v while composing a message puts you in vi while ~e puts you in ed. On the system I'm using (9021), ~e puts you in INed and ~v gives an error message about a non-existent file or directory. What gives? Dave Close, Compata, Arlington, Texas compata@cup.portal.com compata@mcimail.com
compata@cup.portal.com (David H Close) (08/01/90)
Yesterday I wrote: "A small problem with mail on AIX 3.1. InfoExplorer and the man page both "say (and tradition holds) that ~v while composing a message puts you in vi "while ~e puts you in ed. On the system I'm using (9021), ~e puts you in "INed and ~v gives an error message about a non-existent file or directory. "What gives? Two persons [gs26@prism.gatech.edu (Glenn R. Stone) and woan@peyote.cactus.org (Ronald S. Woan)] responded, asking if I had properly set the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables. Yes, I have set VISUAL=vi without any effect on the problem. I then set EDITOR=vi and ~e gets me into vi. But nothing I have tried makes ~v get me anywhere! Dave Close, Compata, Arlington, Texas compata@cup.portal.com compata@mcimail.com
ron@woan.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan) (08/01/90)
In article <32328@cup.portal.com>, compata@cup.portal.com (David H Close) writes: Dave> Two persons [gs26@prism.gatech.edu (Glenn R. Stone) and Dave> woan@peyote.cactus.org (Ronald S. Woan)] responded, asking if I Dave> had properly set the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables. Dave> Yes, I have set VISUAL=vi without any effect on the problem. I Dave> then set EDITOR=vi and ~e gets me into vi. But nothing I have Dave> tried makes ~v get me anywhere! I just tried it on my system, and it seems that it does not try to resolve vi's location based on PATH and only works when you give the complete path for vi in your VISUAL declaration, i.e. VISUAL=/usr/bin/vi;export VISUAL At least, this works fine with me in 9021 (GOLD). +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@peyote.cactus.org or woan@soda.berkeley.edu +
beal@paladin.Owego.NY.US (Alan Beal) (08/03/90)
In article <2983@awdprime.UUCP>, ron@woan.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan) writes: > I just tried it on my system, and it seems that it does not try to > resolve vi's location based on PATH and only works when you give the > complete path for vi in your VISUAL declaration, i.e. > > VISUAL=/usr/bin/vi;export VISUAL > > At least, this works fine with me in 9021 (GOLD). Same problem occurs on AIX 1.1 on a PS/2. If you set VISUAL to /usr/bin/vi, ~v will work properly. A different problem I am having is when I try to backspace while typing the Subject line. The backspace is not echoed properly, that is, the cursor stays in the same position although the text is properly erased when viewing the message with ~p. Doing a ~s works OK. This happens when I dial in and is apparently not a problem for someone at the console. Perhaps, it has something to do with my stty settings?? This occurs on AIX 1.1 on a PS/2 70. -- Alan Beal Internet: beal@paladin.Owego.NY.US USENET: {uunet,scifi}!paladin!beal