> Here's a little annoyance I've observed under the last several releases of
> OSF/1 up to and including 2.1. In vi(1), if I search downwards in a file,
> vi redraws the screen so that the found line is in the middle of the screen.
> If I search upwards, vi redraws the screen so that the found line is at the
> top of the screen. I would rather it always positioned the found line in the
> middle of the screen (assuming of course that there are enough lines above
> and below the found line). Is there a way to make vi do that?
Gee, there must be a way, because when I just tried it (on V2.0) it did what
you say you want. And I'm no vi wizard.
My vi settings (mostly defaults) are as follows, and I run vi in an xterm,
which MIGHT make a difference..
:set all
noautoindent nomodeline noshowmode
autoprint nonumber noslowopen
noautowrite nonovice nosourceany
nobeautify nooptimize tabstop=8
closepunct='".,;)]} paragraphs=IPLPPPQPP LIpplpipbp taglength=0
directory=/var/tmp partialcharacter=- tags=tags /usr/lib/tags
noedcompatible prompt term=xterm
noerrorbells noreadonly noterse
noexrc redraw timeout
flash remap ttytype=xterm
hardtabs=8 report=5 warn
noignorecase scroll=23 window=47
nolisp sections=NHSHH HUuhsh+c wrapscan
nolist shell=/bin/csh wrapmargin=44
magic shiftwidth=2 nowriteany
mesg noshowmatch wraptype=word
The differences I see are I don't use autoindent by default, I have my
window and scroll set larger (because that's how my xterm is set), I use a
wrapmargin, I have my shiftwidth set to 2, and the path to my shell is not
the same as yours. On my system, there is no /usr/lib/tags file, and I do
not have a tags file in my home or working directory. I use '?' to start
or continue a backward search.
Tom
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Received on Fri Jan 20 1995 - 12:37:48 NZDT