From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Dec 30 10:00:07 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA07808 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 10:00:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA07795; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 10:00:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 10:00:04 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199612301800.KAA07795@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: J Wunsch Subject: Re: bin/2320: Trouble with using arrow keys to navigate in vi (FreeBSD 2.2-BETA) Reply-To: J Wunsch Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR bin/2320; it has been noted by GNATS. From: J Wunsch To: nfung@typhoon.co.jp Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/2320: Trouble with using arrow keys to navigate in vi (FreeBSD 2.2-BETA) Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 16:54:29 +0100 (MET) As nfung@typhoon.co.jp wrote: > Can't use arrow keys to move up/down in vi. Vi keeps inserting Bs or As > when the up (or down) arrow keys are used. I've only seen this for two reasons: . your TERM variable is wrong (e.g. your .login or .cshrc foolishly clobbers TERM to cons25, even if you are running an xterm), or . over the network. I think the latter problem is a known one, something with the (n?)curses library. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)