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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: vi complaints
In-Reply-To: <199611151850.SAA14380@right.PCS> from Jonathan Lemon at "Nov 15, 96 12:50:01 pm"
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> > It doesn't seem to have any effect. I did "set keytime=30" and
> > still it turns up arrow into open line, insert 'A' ... and it's
> > happening almost immediately.
> 
> Use "set escapetime=30", in your .exrc file.

set escapetime does the trick.. thanks!
-archie

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