Very Computer

I used to run nroff from vi to format the buffer like this:

:%!nroff

and it worked but now this is what happens, vi somehow quits and a new
shell starts (zsh). I tried typing "fg" to return to vi, but it sayis no
such process. Then I just type "exit" and I am back in vi, and the buffer
is non-formatted.

Why is this happening and what can I do about it? I set my $HISTORY variable
to 1000 in my .cshrc and .zshrc files, could that be the source of the
problem? I am running zsh on SunOS 5.4 sun4m sparc.

I also tried doing

:r !command_name

and that caused the same problem, i.e., vi quiting and new shell starts
which I have kill.

Please reply via email. Thank you for your time.

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: I used to run nroff from vi to format the buffer like this:
:
: :%!nroff
:
: and it worked but now this is what happens, vi somehow quits and a new
: shell starts (zsh). I tried typing "fg" to return to vi, but it sayis no
: such process. Then I just type "exit" and I am back in vi, and the buffer
: is non-formatted.
:
: Why is this happening and what can I do about it? I set my $HISTORY variable
: to 1000 in my .cshrc and .zshrc files, could that be the source of the
: problem? I am running zsh on SunOS 5.4 sun4m sparc.
:
    I figured it out. I put exec zsh in my .chsrc file and that caused that
    vi problem. Anybody know why?

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 Ilya Beloozerov


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