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Subject: Re: Support Request...vi related
From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
To: Johan du Toit <johand@jacqueshau.co.za>
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On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 07:37, Johan du Toit wrote:
> Good Day!
> 
> I am fairly new in the freeBSD arena and would like to raise this 
> simple question...
> 
> How can I prevent system messages from scrolling while busy 
> editing a file in vi ??  It is nearly impossible doing it as you can 
> imagine.
> 
> I have tried using the :set nomsg command, but no luck.
I assume you are talking about while logged in as root.  I also assume
these are syslog type messages. 

You can edit /etc/syslog.conf to turn them off, or not log in as root.

What messages, BTW?  If you are generating a LOT of console traffic from
syslog, something might need to be set up differently.

LER
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> Thanks!
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