> > From GNOME terminal, when I: > > > > vi x :set nu > > > > the line numbers are colored, and I want to get rid of that. > > you could change the default alternative setup to point to nvi > instead.
Thanks, that got rid of the colorized line numbers. > > Also, I don't want the editor to do whatever special screen buffer > > swapping, or whatever it is, that prevents me from scrolling back in > > my terminal history when the editor is open, and then clears away > > the screen and redisplays what was there before after the editor is > > closed. That's still an annoyance. This whole take-over-the-screen-because-that- must-be-what-you-really-want thing has got be turn-offable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
