Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 599315
suspend & resume of vi does not always work
Last modified: 2011-05-13 05:49:27 EDT
Description of problem: When using vi, sometimes when you suspend using ^Z and then resume with fg, the screen is left blank. Workarounds are to suspend with ^Z and resume again, or apparently ^C will also kick it back into life. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vim-enhanced-6.3.046-2.el4.1 How reproducible: Infrequently but sometimes will be more common (10% of the time) Steps to Reproduce: 1. Edit a file vi myfile 2. Suspend with ^Z 3. type fg to resume vi Actual results: The cursor moved to the next line but no other output is produced Expected results: vi will come back and show in the terminal Additional info: This has been around for a long time but it appears to be fixed upstream as of version 7.2.130 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/291373
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