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From: William O'Higgins <william.ohiggins@utoronto.ca>
To: Khairil Yusof <kaeru@pd.jaring.my>
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On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 02:59:56AM +0800, Khairil Yusof wrote:

>vim (command mode):
>home,end,cursor keys work, but tab doesn't work for commands. tab key
>displays ^I instead.
>
>vim (insert mode):
>
>up cursor    = A + enter
>left cursor  = D + enter
>right cursor = C + enter
>down cursor  = B + enter
>
>home	     = H
>end	     = F

Put this in your .vimrc file:

set nocompatible

I may have misremembered the command, but it should be in in
/usr/share/examples/vimrc, or somewhere very like it.  Do a find /usr
-name *vimrc* and your should be able to find the settings you need.
-- 

yours,

William O'Higgins
william.ohiggins@utoronto.ca