Some have suggested that we include old UCB vi by default.   ;)

We'll likely keep compatibility mode by default for the foreseeable future.

Dan

Sent from my iPhone (typos, autocorrect, and all)

On Apr 16, 2015, at 5:08 PM, Paul B. Henson <[email protected]> wrote:

>> From: Davide Poletto
>> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 1:07 PM
>> 
>>> The way this is written leads me to think you are pressing ESC and a at the
>>> same time.
>> 
>> Yes, exactly as I do once in vi to enter into its INSERT mode on every Linux 
>> I've
>> put my hands on.
> 
> As has been mentioned, ESC is a separate character, not a modifier key, and 
> as such for the purposes of providing input to vim it is not possible to 
> press them "simultaneously". vim gets either an ESC than an a, or an a then 
> an ESC. You only need the ESC if you are in edit mode. But if you're already 
> in edit mode, what's the point of ESC'ing to command mode then immediately we 
> enter in edit mode :)?
> 
>> Are you meaning that I should use use keys combinations in a different ways
>> (e.g. the "ESC" with "a" combination in the way you explained above) I'm 
>> used in
>> Linux for years to let vi editor in OmniOS behaving the same way it behaves 
>> in
>> Linux?
> 
> If you disable compatibility mode so vim acts like vim rather than vi you 
> should have pretty much the identical experience as under linux.
> 
> Dan, any thoughts on disabling compatibility mode by default :)? Or would 
> that be to un-Solaris like ;)?
> 
> Thanks…
> 
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