vi problems with repeating commands with dot

C-Mays — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:32:00 GMT

I'm having an issue in my HPUX vi sesssions when attempting to repeat the previous r command (single char replace)
The first time I use the r command it works as expected.
For example, I do the single character replace command: rA
The character at my current location is changed to the character 'A' as desired.
I can go to another location in the file and issue the . (dot) command and again my current character is changed to an 'A'.

In the same session, if I issue another r command. For example: rB
the character at my current location is changed to the character 'B' as desired.
However, if I go to another location in the file and issue the . (dot) command to repeat the replacement
instead of replacing the current character with a 'B' as desired, it replaces it with an 'A' from the first r command.

It's seems like whatever buffer the r command uses during the repeat command doesn't get updated after the first use.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

I've tried repeating other commands with the . (dot) command and they all seem fine: R, cw, C

Thanks in advance for any help.
Curtis.

Re: vi problems with repeating commands with dot

Dennis Handly — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 05:29:03 GMT

I tried it with "r" then dot then changing "r" then dot but it worked fine for me.

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vi problems with repeating commands with dot

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