On Thursday 30 December 2004 06:23, Sean wrote: > Here's my guess... somehow you pressed the number 8 key and holding > shift, while your cursor was sitting on the word "echo". This is the > shortcut for search-for-word. Now every time you load vi it is showing > you your previous "search". You can simply press / and then type a > bunch of random keys as a search string. Press ENTER and the word echo > will no longer be highlighted every time you start vi. or indeed: <esc>:nohl which will clear the highlights Stuart -- Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX "A power so great, it can only be used for Good or Evil!" -- Firesign Theatre, "The Giant Rat of Summatra"
