On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 02:31:40PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:40:00PM +0300, Jordan Gordeev wrote:
> > Gary Kline wrote:
> >
> > > I find that if I use Settings -> Keyboard and then select
> > > "FreeBSD Console", I come fairly close. Then [Backspace]
> > > backs up, but the characters are not erased as I space
> > > backways. UsingTerminal, it defaults to this.
> > Characters are not erased for me when I hit backspace in vi. In vim,
> > they are.
>
> Yeah . . . I'm pretty sure that's normal behavior for vi/nvi. Using
> backspace, then hitting <ESC> to return to command mode, might cause the
> backspace text to disappear. Typing after backspacing might overwrite
> the backspaced text without having to leave insert mode, too. I'm going
> on memory, here, and may be mistaken -- I didn't use nvi for very long
> before going back to Vim.
>
There are Lots of thing I like about vim, but after having
fouled up with the undo's and lost some critical writing or code,
I went back to what I've usedsince Bill Joy pointed me at vi.
vi only takes ONE hand, emacs takesat least 8 hands and a few
spare thumbs!!!
gary
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