09-20-2011
Vi doesnt work
Hi Guys,
I have a strange problem.( AIX 6.1) "vi" is not working at all..Whenever i #vi <anythin> ,, it returns the prompt back. Any clues folks??
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strange
XScreenSaver(1) General Commands Manual XScreenSaver(1)
NAME
strange - draws strange attractors
SYNOPSIS
strange [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual]
[-ncolors integer] [-delay microseconds]
DESCRIPTION
The strange program draws strange attractors
OPTIONS
strange accepts the following options:
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
-install
Install a private colormap for the window.
-visual visual
Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
-ncolors integer
How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64. The colors are chosen randomly.
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997 by Massimino Pascal.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro-
vided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup-
porting documentation.
AUTHOR
Massimino Pascal <Pascal.Massimon@ens.fr>, 1997.
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.
X Version 11 10-May-97 XScreenSaver(1)