MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

vi(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities vi(1)
Message: No tags file
Cause: You specified a tags file with the tags variable that vi was unable to find.
Action: Check the Ex Commands subsection for information on using the set command
to set the tags variable, or the man page for ctags(1) for information on gen-
erating a tags file.
Message: No write since last change (command! overrides)
Cause: You attempted to run a command before you saved any changes to a file.
Action: Either save the current changes or use the suggested command to override the
error.
Message: Nonzero address required on this command
Cause: You specified zero (0) as a line address for a command which does not accept 0
as a valid line address.
Action: Specify a non-zero line address.
Message: Not an editor command
Cause: You specified command in Ex mode; however, command is not a valid editor
command.
Action: Check the Ex Commands section of the vi man page for a list of valid editor
commands.
Message: Not enough memory for screens
Cause: vi attempted to set up the necessary structures for full-screen operation and
failed. There are not enough free system resources to run vi.
Action: Contact your system manager.
Message: Not that many lines in buffer
Cause: You specified a line range that included at least one value that was greater that
the number of lines in the file.
Action: Specify a correct line range. You can use the dollar sign ($) to denote the last
line in the file.
Message: Nothing in buffer ’buf’
Cause: You attempted to use the put command to paste text, or the @ command to exe-
cute a macro, from the buffer buf which was empty.
Action: Use the yank or delete commands to save text to a buffer.
Message: Replacement pattern too long - limit num characters
Cause: You specified a replacement pattern that was too long for the allotted buffer
space.
Action: Perform the necessary replacements in increments using shorter replacement
patterns.
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