From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 13 21:35:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A589E37B406 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 21:35:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-119a7q7.biz.mindspring.com ([66.149.31.71] helo=athlon.wsonline.net) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 177U2P-00078p-00; Mon, 13 May 2002 21:35:49 -0700 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020513223738.00a69700@pop.wsonline.net> X-Sender: richardh@pop.wsonline.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 22:39:50 -0600 To: Roberto Armenteros , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: RichardH Subject: Re: vi editor behaving like a bad boy... In-Reply-To: <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG VI is default in almost all UNIX systems including FBSD. Before you run a=20 "command" like i for insert you need to hit esc to put you in command mode,= =20 that would be the only problem I can see you having. At 10:21 PM 5/13/2002, Roberto Armenteros wrote: >I started using vi in linux and it became my favorite >text editor. Now, in my two installations of freeBSD >vi is practically impossible to use. The most basic >shorcuts like pressing i or insert to start typing >dont work. I always end up screwing up the texts i >open with vi. I really dont know what is causing this >problem. Is it a configuration problem? In linux vi >would work perfectly from the default installation, >isnt it so in freebsd? I would appreciate any input in >this matter. > > Thanks a lot, Roberto Armenteros... > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience >http://launch.yahoo.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a=20 Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and=20 explode once a year killing everyone inside. =97Robert Cringely in InfoWorld=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message