Vi not recognizing terminal type

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|From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
|[mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of 
|Fairlight
|Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:43 PM
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|Subject: Re: Vi not recognizing terminal type
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|This public service announcement was brought to you by Chad McWilliams:
|> 
|> I have also seen in the past on several different systems that if 
|> there was an incorrect entry in the termcap (an error in the 
|format), 
|> that it would not read the termcap (or read it only up until the 
|> error).  I had this happen when I incorrectly edited one of the 
|> entries one time.  Lost the ability to use vi.
|
|Now that you mention it, I've seen that.  I figured that was 
|something out of antiquity that would've been fixed by now.  
|But it could be the case.
|
|mark->
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I eventually found a way into the termcap to tidy things up.  What a mess.

-MikeR