Re: [expert] backspace in vi

2001-08-25 Thread Craig Sprout

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Abraham Mandac wrote:

> If so, what are the legal arguments?

In your .vimrc file, add the line

set bs=2

That's all you need!

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Re: [expert] backspace in vi

2001-08-25 Thread Ron Johnson

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On Saturday 25 August 2001 11:57, Abraham Mandac wrote:
> Hi. How do I make the backspace key work in vi?
>
> Is this the correct command to issue:
> :set backspace=
>
> If so, what are the legal arguments?

Do you mean that you want Backspace to delete chars as it
moves the cursor backwards?

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[expert] backspace in vi

2001-08-25 Thread Abraham Mandac

Hi. How do I make the backspace key work in vi?

Is this the correct command to issue:

:set backspace=

If so, what are the legal arguments?

Thanks. -- Abe



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