On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:00 AM, David C. Rankin<drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote: > Listmates, > > One are where I can use help is vi configuration. With the latest > updates to vi and I guess readline, vi behaves very differently than it did > just before the update. Specifically, the screen flashes white/black when the > cursor is in column 1 if a left cursor is pressed or if vi toggles itself out > of input mode. > > How can I get rid of the flashing and get rid of vi taking itself out > of input/replace mode when it gets to column 1? > > The current behavior is better than when I first tried it several > weeks ago, but it is still way different from any vi I have used before. > Anybody got a handy reference for handling vi changes in the latest version?
Is it vi or vim? Which version? What terminal are you running it in? I run vim (7.2.65-1.1) in either gnome-terminal or xterm and I have none of these issues. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus@therning.org Jabber: magnus@therning.org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe