On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 05:15:19PM +0300, David Baron wrote: > In more recent versions of vi (vim), the insert/replace keyed > functionality is no longer working as it was. The prompt "insert" or > "replace" does not appear, one cannot go to the very end (after last > character) of the line, and the direction keys give (escaped) > characters instead of positioning the cursor.
It's probably a result of vim being more compatible with the classic vi, when invoked as 'vi' instead of 'vim'. You can fix this in a couple of ways: a) always call it with 'vim' instead of 'vi' or b) create a ~/.vimrc file with the contents: set nocp Cheers, Paul -- Paul Dwerryhouse | PGP Key ID: 0x6B91B584 ======================================================================== Using Linux's ethernet bridge support: http://nepotismia.com/linux/bridge/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
