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Package: vim-gnome
Version: 1:6.3-025+1
Severity: important
% ex -c open file.txt
(Clip)
Error detected while processing command line:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: open
This is really "a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a
package, without rendering it completely unusable to everyone.": If
system is so fscked up that ncurses and/or terminfo/termcap is b0rken,
then ex/vi with so called open-mode may be the only way to edit text.
For experienced vi-user it may be easier alternative than running
/bin/ed .
In addition, this bug is a violation against Unix-standards:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/ex.html
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/vi.html
Those pages are from Single Unix Specification, Version 2, but I think
it haven't changed in later standards.
If you have a book called "Unix Power Tools", you can learn more about
open-mode in section "The ex Open Mode Can Be Handy". I have the 2nd
edition and that section is on pages 555-556.
Even nvi has this bug. Currently the only vi-clone with open-mode I am
aware of is this:
http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/
But I haven't checked other vi-clones.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (99, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Versions of packages vim-gnome depends on:
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-6 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.6.1-5 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.6.2-7 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.6.1-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgconf2-4 2.6.4-2 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.7-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.6.1.2-2 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.6.1.1-2 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.6.1.1cvs-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.6.2-2 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgpmg1 1.19.6-12.1 General Purpose Mouse Library [lib
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.13-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii liborbit2 1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.4.1-4 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System Session Management
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxml2 2.6.11-4 GNOME XML library
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii vim 1:6.3-025+1 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-1 compression library - runtime
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Version: 1:7.0-000+1
"The :open command has been partially implemented. It stops Ex mode,
but redraws the whole screen, not just one line as open mode is supposed
to do."
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