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diff --git a/development/ex-vi/README_Slackware.txt b/development/ex-vi/README_Slackware.txt index 034205d91d..656d52fb3f 100644 --- a/development/ex-vi/README_Slackware.txt +++ b/development/ex-vi/README_Slackware.txt @@ -9,3 +9,25 @@ After installing, either log out & back in, or "source /etc/profile.d/ex-vi.sh". To temporarily disable the scripts, remove their execute bits. Users can always set PATH and MANPATH in their own dotfiles, of course. + +In visual mode (vi or :vi from ex), ex-vi has compiled-in values for +the maximum terminal size, in columns and rows. This build will support +terminals up to 320x200 characters by default. If you get 'Terminal too +wide' errors, make your terminal as large as possible and rebuild ex-vi +from within it, with a command like: + +TUBECOLS=$COLUMNS TUBELINES=$LINES ./ex-vi.SlackBuild + +Exceeding the maximum line height just means vi will ignore the extra +lines at the bottom of the screen. Note that increasing these values +causes vi to use more memory, but on a fairly modern system it shouldn't +be too much. If you're building for a memory-poor system (embedded, or old +hardware), you could save memory with e.g. TUBECOLS=80 TUBELINES=25 or so. + +If you *really* need to run vi without 'Terminal too wide', you can +export e.g. COLUMNS=80 in the environment, and vi will only use part of +the terminal. The COLUMNS variable gets reset whenever an X terminal is +resized (at least for most X terminal emulators). + +Thanks to zacts on Freenode IRC ##slackware for pointing out the terminal +size limitation. |