From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 28 15:00:29 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA00231 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 28 Dec 1996 15:00:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from moonpie.w8hd.org (root@moonpie.w8hd.org [198.252.159.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA00226 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 1996 15:00:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from moonpie.w8hd.org (kimc@moonpie.w8hd.org [198.252.159.14]) by moonpie.w8hd.org (8.8.4/8.8.2) with SMTP id SAA28444 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 1996 18:00:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 18:00:26 -0500 (EST) From: Kim Culhan To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: vi edit mode unstable -termcap ? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have had this problem here for some time, searched for the cause today and cannot find it. On two -current machines here, when using an xterm and telnet to the other machine, when using the arrow-keys to move around the screen, vi will switch to the insert mode and deposit characters into the editor. For example if I hit the down-arrow key a few times, after about 3 or 4 arrow-down, it will begin to put 'B' into the editor. Same for the other arrow keys, 'A' for up-arrow etc. On a third machine running 2.2-current from 9-15 I can telnet to it from either of the other machines and it will not do this. I can't find a difference in the termcap files, what can be causing this ? regards kim -- kimc@w8hd.org