AIX

I have just installed AIX 7.1 on a new system, and find that it displays the same annoying behaviour the you find in Linux:

In an xterm, when you quit vim or less, the file listed in the terminal window is blanked out and replaced with whatever was there before.

In vim there is a couple of settings in the config file (.vimrc) and less can be controlled with an environment variable. However, according to the output from truss, vi in AIX does not look for .vimrc or anything similar, so how can I stop this behaviour?

This is only a partial solution but you might be interested in this thread.

I am still looking for a solution for vim, if not for AIX then for Linux as i find that behavior equally annoying.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

Thanks! I know how to do in Linux:

for vim, add the following to your ~/.vimrc:

Code:

set t_ti= t_te=

and for less, the following env var:

Code:

LESS=X

- similar to what you describe for more

vi looks for .exrc

Phantastic! Many thanks for this, it will become perhaps the first line in my "~/.exrc".

I have noticed, though, that the overwhelming majority of lines in my vim-configuration deal with switching off all the annoying default of this "emacs in disguise". If i ever want to play video games i'll buy a C64, my editor only needs to edit files, mumble, grumble, ...

bakunin

You're welcome :-)

One of the very first things I do on a new installation is to simply remove everything in vimrc, set it to compatible (because I work on many different UNIXes) and turn off the $&£&^£%^£ screen blanking. This is my usual system wide vimrc:

Code:

set t_ti= t_te=
set compatible
syntax off

Sometimes it seems the screen blanking settings in the system wide vimrc don't work - but they seem to always work in ~/.vimrc.

OK. I mentioned .exrc and tried the set commands you are mentioning for vim, but I do not seem to get the expected results with "plain" vi (MORE works, but when in /etc/environment the line should be

Code:

MORE=-W notite

i.e., no dblQuote "