From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 25 13:30:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A83D237B423 for ; Fri, 25 May 2001 13:30:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #6) id 153OE8-000Ojo-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 May 2001 21:30:28 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4PKUSK27635 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 May 2001 21:30:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 21:30:28 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: looked EVERYWHERE, can't find nvi screen answer Message-ID: <20010525213028.A27561@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I heard you can gave background and foreground screens in (n)vi. When i try bg, it tells me i cannot background my only screen. God only knows i have read the usages and man pages about a dozen times, searching for how to create a new screen. Can someone point me in the right direction? jcm -- "I drank WHAT ?!" - Socrates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message