Re: A semi-annual poke about progress

Glenn Burkhardt <glenn(_at_)aoi-industries(_dot_)com> wrote:

> Clues on what the test for 'broken vi' does are solicited.

The "vi" on some systems (including solaris) returns a non-zero
exit status if any command at all failed during the vi session.

Presumably this makes sense if vi is running in the background
from a response file.

Anyway, nmh ignores vi exit codes on such systems.

 -NWR