MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

vi(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities vi(1)
Message: Argument list too long
Cause: You specified an argument list that, after file name generation, exceeded the ed-
itor’s limit.
Action: Specify an argument list that expands to fewer arguments.
Message: Bad tag
Cause: You attempted to reference more than one tag with a command.
Action: Specify only one tag name for a command.
Message: Badly constructed regular expression
Cause: You specified a regular expression that was parsed incorrectly due to invalid
characters or the failure to provide matching brackets.
Action: Correct the regular expression and try again.
Message: Buffers are 1-9, a-z
Cause: You specified an invalid buffer name. Buffers A to Z are valid in both Ex and
Vi mode, while buffers 1 to 9 are valid only in Vi mode and read-only.
Action: Specify a valid buffer name.
Message: Can’t escape newlines in visual
Cause: You attempted to use a backslash at the end of a line to escape a newline. This
is not permitted in Vi mode.
Action: Do not use a backslash at the end of a line.
Message: Can’t escape newlines into regular expressions
Cause: You attempted to search for a newline character in a regular expression. This is
not possible.
Action: Do not attempt to search for a newline in a regular expression.
Message: Can’t undo within global.
Cause: You attempted to use an undo command within a global command. This is not
permitted.
Action: Do not use an undo command within a global command.
Message: command No such command from open/visual
Cause: In Vi mode, you attempted to use one of the Ex commands that are not permit-
ted in this mode.
Action: Do not use command in Vi mode.
Message: command requires a trailing address
Cause: You attempted to use command to move or copy a range of lines without speci-
fying a target address.
Action: Provide the missing target address.
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