Grischa Schuering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GS> I just changed from SUSE to Debian and kind of have problems with GS> the VI. When in INSERT mode I used to see that from the status GS> line below, now there isnt anything. Also Delete isn't working as GS> before, also when using the cursor keys, always the INSERT mode GS> discontinues... GS> GS> Any way of changing that ??
You're probably used to a distribution that installs vim as the standard vi. Debian by default uses nvi, which is smaller, faster, less featureful, and acts almost exactly like every other "standard" vi. You might try installing the vim and vim-rt packages, and using 'vim' instead of 'vi'. (Or, alternatively, adjust the alternatives so that vim is your standard vi.) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell