From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 07:14:45 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A32D116A41B for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:14:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jgordeev@dir.bg) Received: from dir.bg (mail.dir.bg [194.145.63.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D912613C465 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:14:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jgordeev@dir.bg) Received: from [89.190.198.138] (account jgordeev HELO [10.102.9.50]) by dir.bg (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 34883723 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:14:41 +0300 Message-ID: <46EE29B5.1030304@dir.bg> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:16:05 +0300 From: Jordan Gordeev User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS i86pc; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20070606 X-Accept-Language: bg, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070915010103.GA54302@thought.org> <20070914134128.GB33051@demeter.hydra> <46EC1D5C.3000208@u.washington.edu> <20070915202822.GA61976@thought.org> <20070915011204.GD35321@demeter.hydra> <20070916031452.GA64079@thought.org> <46ED6A70.7080108@dir.bg> <20070915203139.GA39803@demeter.hydra> <20070917022908.GB72910@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20070917022908.GB72910@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me "^?" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:14:45 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 02:31:40PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > >>On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:40:00PM +0300, Jordan Gordeev wrote: >> >>>Gary Kline wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I find that if I use Settings -> Keyboard and then select >>>> "FreeBSD Console", I come fairly close. Then [Backspace] >>>> backs up, but the characters are not erased as I space >>>> backways. UsingTerminal, it defaults to this. >>> >>>Characters are not erased for me when I hit backspace in vi. In vim, >>>they are. >> >>Yeah . . . I'm pretty sure that's normal behavior for vi/nvi. Using >>backspace, then hitting to return to command mode, might cause the >>backspace text to disappear. Typing after backspacing might overwrite >>the backspaced text without having to leave insert mode, too. I'm going >>on memory, here, and may be mistaken -- I didn't use nvi for very long >>before going back to Vim. >> > > > > There are Lots of thing I like about vim, but after having > fouled up with the undo's and lost some critical writing or code, > I went back to what I've usedsince Bill Joy pointed me at vi. > > vi only takes ONE hand, emacs takesat least 8 hands and a few > spare thumbs!!! > > gary > > Vim's undo can behave like vi's. Try ":help undo" or ":help compatible". How do you manage to use vi with only one hand? I need two :-) >>-- >>CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] >>W. Somerset Maugham: "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for >>wit." >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >