From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 30 05:30:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC33716A4BF for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 05:30:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cmailm3.svr.pol.co.uk (cmailm3.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.193.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E74543F3F for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 05:30:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from markie@notwentytwo.freeserve.co.uk) Received: from modem-3334.elephant.dialup.pol.co.uk ([217.134.253.6] helo=ape) by cmailm3.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.14) id 19t4re-0004Rf-KH; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:30:17 +0100 Message-ID: <001d01c36ef2$b2e83810$e400a8c0@ape> From: "Markie" To: "Joshua Oreman" , "mats" References: <001001c36e9e$a2c7b130$6500a8c0@evil> <20030830044428.GA29559@webserver> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:30:55 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The VI editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:30:26 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Oreman" To: "mats" Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 5:44 AM Subject: Re: The VI editor > [Please break your lines at a manageable length -- 72 is good] > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 04:30:10AM +0200 or thereabouts, mats wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have trouble using vi and vim under freebsd, under linux red hat > > it was working perfect. The trouble is that the arrow-keys doesn't > > work when I'm in insert mode. I have heard that it's important to > > use the right terminalprogram. In vim it's ok with the fancy swedish > > letters with dots over, but the arrow-keys doesn't work. > > FreeBSD comes with the standard vi, not vim. (unless you install the vim port) > > So the arrow keys work in command mode, but not in insert mode? > "That's a feature, not a bug."(TM) > > If the arrow keys didn't work at all, then I would say check $TERM. But as it > is, it's probably a design decision in FBSD vi more than anything. Try the > vim port, if you haven't already. > > -- Josh Strange, they work for me in both vi and vim, in 'insert mode'. > > > > /Mats > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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" >