[Info-vax] EDIT wierdness with OpenVMS 9.2 on x86

[Tom Wade]

:
> I have edited various configuration files with EDIT on OpenVMS 9.2 x86
> a few times. Each time I edit one of these files, EDIT appears to
> delete the first word on the first line when it opens the file on my
> terminal! I can fix it by putting that back in before saving but it's
> just annoying.
> 
> Any ideas?

A wild guess is that your terminal emulator is sending an extra linefeed 
character when you start the editor.  In EVE, a CTRL/J (LF) deletes the 
current word.

tom dot wade at tomwade dot eu