> I am getting a lot of this nonsense with I start and stop vi lately:

Something weird in your .vimrc or .viminfo file?

                 - Bluejay Adametz, CFII, A&P, http://wildcorvid.org

You can never get ahead by getting even.  - Japanese proverb

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