From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 21 07:01:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4ABC16A4CE for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:01:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tigra.ip.net.ua (tigra.ip.net.ua [82.193.96.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BFB543D4C for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:01:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ru@ip.net.ua) Received: from localhost (oak.ip.net.ua [82.193.96.2]) by tigra.ip.net.ua (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8L71ab0013663; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:01:36 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru@ip.net.ua) Received: from tigra.ip.net.ua ([82.193.96.10]) by localhost (rocky.ipnet [82.193.96.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23579-07; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:01:36 +0300 (EEST) Received: from heffalump.ip.net.ua (heffalump.ip.net.ua [82.193.96.213]) by tigra.ip.net.ua (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8L71a4k013660 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:01:36 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru@ip.net.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by heffalump.ip.net.ua (8.13.1/8.13.1) id i8L71cAP089365; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:01:38 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:01:38 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Mike B Message-ID: <20040921070138.GE89016@ip.net.ua> References: <414F8934.4080509@cinci.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="N1GIdlSm9i+YlY4t" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <414F8934.4080509@cinci.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ip.net.ua cc: Current Subject: Re: BETA4 Vi backspace behavior X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:01:42 -0000 --N1GIdlSm9i+YlY4t Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:51:48PM -0400, Mike B wrote: > Sorry if this is already addressed or is a non-issue. If I enter text=20 > into vi (or vim for that matter) and hit the backspace key the cursor=20 > runs over the text but does not remove it from the screen. If I then hit= =20 > escape after backing over all of this text it is then, and only then,=20 > removed from the buffer. On my 4.x systems vi and vim work as I expect= =20 > with no intervention on my part. My term is set to cons25 btw. Thanks >=20 The system's /usr/bin/vi worked like this since I remember it. I've just checked, and it sure doesn't remove the character with a backspace key until you escape. In vim(1), the character is removed from screen immediately. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --N1GIdlSm9i+YlY4t Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBT9HSqRfpzJluFF4RAhwFAJoDA2UxamkUCLjE62upY42qPb1nwwCeJmHP +6tglwLqHiQuy4rrM/vqoIE= =nXEJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --N1GIdlSm9i+YlY4t--