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Old 01-16-2009, 11:17 PM   #1
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the character 'i' gets highlighted each time...


hi guyz..... i use vi as the default text editor and one day i pressed a wrong combination of keys on my box while programming in c on vi and the character 'i' got highlighted with a brown box over it... at each and every position in file... not only this even in new files it appears to b highlighted... what should i do to avoid it....
 
Old 01-16-2009, 11:23 PM   #2
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thanx but i googled it out.........

the answer is
go to command mode

and type

/thereisnowaythisexists

and it wd vanish
 
  


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