On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 01:08 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > On Sep 12, 2005, at 11:14 PM, Bob Perry wrote: > >> > >> > > I'm certainly no expert with vi, but I didn't receive the error once I > > removed the / at the end of the line. I just continued typing as > > if the > > screen would never end. Whatever didn't fit on a line simply > > continued > > through on the next line. > > In the file itself the line then is a single line that does go on > forever. Vi shows you the wrapped line for your convenience. You > can verify this by placing the cursor at the beginning of such a line > and doing an end of line command. I use shift-A (go to end and > append) as it is one of the few vi command I can remember. In this > case I just ESC out of the append mode. (yes, I should learn more > vi ) . If after doing this, the cursor is at the end of your very > long line that looks like multiple lines, then that is one very long > line that looks wrapped only. > > Chad > > > --- > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC > Your Web App and Email hosting provider > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > Chad, I'll certainly remember the shift-A command. Thanks.
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