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From: Nelson Fung <nfung@typhoon.co.jp>
Subject: Re: bin/2320: Trouble with using arrow keys to navigate in vi (FreeBSD 2.2-BETA)
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The following reply was made to PR bin/2320; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Nelson Fung <nfung@typhoon.co.jp>
To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
Subject: Re: bin/2320: Trouble with using arrow keys to navigate in vi (FreeBSD 2.2-BETA)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 13:12:12 +0900 (JST)

 On Mon, 30 Dec 1996, J Wunsch wrote:
 
 > 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
 
 No, I've checked to ensure TERM was set correctly. 
 
 > 
 > . over the network.  I think the latter problem is a known one, something
 >   with the (n?)curses library.
 > 
 
 Yeah!  Console works fine but rsh-ing, telnet-ing into the machine
 (whether it's Xterm or a vt100) over the network has problems.  
 
 Is this (n?)curses thing being fixed before the release? 
 
 Many Thanks for your help and Happy New Year!
 
 Nelson