Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:04:56 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Stable ML <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: nvi fails to when encountering 0xa9 character Message-ID: <CAN6yY1uS6MZHyaQSiRzXUzsY3wnRJhR-GiUW=DXAVAA1ZRm0kA@mail.gmail.com>
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FreeBSD 10.0-RC5/amd64 When I edit a file containing the 0xa9/copyright/circle-c character. the line that the character is on is rendered as ~. It is not editable. It can't even e deleted. While nvi will allow stepping to the next line and continuing to edit, searching past the line fails and writing out the file truncated the file at the line. Unless a backup exists, the remainder of the file is lost.Since that character is usually early in the file, most of the file is lost. I don't know if other characters also trigger the problem. Is this a known issue? iconv related? It is VERY annoying! Fortunately I did have a backup and I usually use emacs. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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