Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 19:39:56 -0800 (PST) From: Evgeny Roubinchtein <eroubinc@u.washington.edu> To: Steven Walker <swalk@anit.es> Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi & word documents Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.05.9812181932180.30018-100000@dante36.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981218194002.007bc430@sar.anit.es>
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On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Steven Walker wrote: >Hi, >> >>I keep hearing "vi is sooo arcane", and the only "arcane" bit is the fact >>that it has _two_modes_. In one mode it will put every single keystroke > >I would forgive it a lot if it used the backspace or delete keys!! It is >Ok for expert typists but i spend my life trying to delete the previous >letter. You mean you keep seeing the ^H when you try to use the Backspace key to delete? Sow^H if yuo^H^Hou mkae^H^H^Hake a mistake, you have hit ESC, then hx? Most likely, it isn't about vi, but about the way your terminal is set up. Are you using X or plain tty? With (t)csh, you may have luck with set noglob eval `tset -s` unset noglob in your .login (or .cshrc, depending on the situation). I am by no means an expert, but with a bit more details, maybe we can figure this out. It _is_ possible to get Backspace to work "as expected", I am pretty sure. -- Evgeny Roubinchtein, eroubinc@u.washington.edu ................... Satisfaction Guaranteed: We'll send you another copy if it fails. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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