ex-vi out of date: "Screen too large for internal buffer"

[lpar]

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Description of issue

After installing ex-vi, attempting to start visual mode produces the error 'Screen too large for internal buffer'. This seems to happen even if I size the window down to 80x24.

brew install ex-vi
vi

It looks as if the formula is using a version of vi from 2005. There's a newer version at https://github.com/n-t-roff/heirloom-ex-vi derived from the 2005 release, and if I build that version it works.

So I'd suggest that the formula be updated to use the newer release that's on Github.

[SMillerDev]

https://docs.brew.sh/Updating-Software-in-Homebrew can help you with the update.