Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread dman
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 08:21:49PM -0800, Rupa Schomaker wrote: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | | dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > Surely it would, but at least vim doesn't require me to press it | > repeatedly for each command <0.5 wink>. (run emacs on a solaris box | > and X host

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Rupa Schomaker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Surely it would, but at least vim doesn't require me to press it > repeatedly for each command <0.5 wink>. (run emacs on a solaris box > and X host it on a PC and tell me how to press "meta" ;-)) > > -D Not that I want to add

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Tom Cook
Rich Puhek wrote: > > Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > > Oh, I'm this is just begging to start a flame war, but I have to say > > it... :) > > > > Get a REAL editor like Emacs! :) > > > > *runs and hides* > > > > heh... was wondering when that would start. > > I tried using Emacs. works best if you

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Tom Cook
dman wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 05:23:08PM +1030, Tom Cook wrote: > | Alex Malinovich wrote: > | > > | > Oh, I'm this is just begging to start a flame war, but I have to > | > say it... :) > | > > | > Get a REAL editor like Emacs! :) > | > > | > *runs and hides* > | > | *just before loggin

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 14:44, dman wrote: > Surely it would, but at least vim doesn't require me to press it > repeatedly for each command <0.5 wink>. (run emacs on a solaris box > and X host it on a PC and tell me how to press "meta" ;-)) Normally, I'd say you have a point... but with all things

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread dman
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 01:58:08PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: | * Rich Puhek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: | > Alex Malinovich wrote: | > > | > > Oh, I'm this is just begging to start a flame war, but I have to say | > > it... :) | > > | > > Get a REAL editor like Emacs! :) | > > | > > *ru

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Rich Puhek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > > Oh, I'm this is just begging to start a flame war, but I have to say > > it... :) > > > > Get a REAL editor like Emacs! :) > > > > *runs and hides* > > > > heh... was wondering when that would start. > > I tried

RE: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread justin cunningham
. Thanks to all who replied to my vi question. justin -Original Message- From: Rich Puhek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:32 AM To: Ron Johnson Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: strange vi Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Feb 2

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Rich Puhek
Alex Malinovich wrote: > > Oh, I'm this is just begging to start a flame war, but I have to say > it... :) > > Get a REAL editor like Emacs! :) > > *runs and hides* > heh... was wondering when that would start. I tried using Emacs. works best if you put a rock on your control key. I think Em

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Rich Puhek
Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:44:03 -0600 Rich Puhek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > Is is console or xterm? What's the value of $TERM? > > > > > either console or SSH session. $TERM is vt100. Looked at my termcap, > > which seems to match

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread dman
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 05:23:08PM +1030, Tom Cook wrote: | Alex Malinovich wrote: | > | > Oh, I'm this is just begging to start a flame war, but I have to | > say it... :) | > | > Get a REAL editor like Emacs! :) | > | > *runs and hides* | | *just before logging out for the night* | | Hear, h

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Tom Cook
Alex Malinovich wrote: > > Oh, I'm this is just begging to start a flame war, but I have to say > it... :) > > Get a REAL editor like Emacs! :) > > *runs and hides* *just before logging out for the night* Hear, hear! *runs for the bus* Tom

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Alex Malinovich
Oh, I'm this is just begging to start a flame war, but I have to say it... :) Get a REAL editor like Emacs! :) *runs and hides* -Alex On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 21:07, dman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:59:07PM -0800, justin cunningham wrote: > | Michel Loos wrote: > | | On Mon, Feb 18, 2002,

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Mark Lanett
From: "Rich Puhek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ...ok, all that's cool, but nothing so far has answered the original > question: how does one get nvi to recognize the arrow keys? Things > worked fine until I upgraded to woody, now nvi isn't playing nice. All > the man page has to say is "The cursor arrow

Re: strange vi

2002-02-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:41:50PM -0800, justin cunningham ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On: Monday, February 18, 2002 dman [:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It does once you put your hand on home row and see where the keys are > > (and forget about the screen printing on them). > > > > > > As for

Re: strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:44:03 -0600 Rich Puhek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Is is console or xterm? What's the value of $TERM? > > > either console or SSH session. $TERM is vt100. Looked at my termcap, > which seems to match what I had before. try setting TERM t

Re: strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread Rich Puhek
Ron Johnson wrote: > > Is is console or xterm? What's the value of $TERM? > either console or SSH session. $TERM is vt100. Looked at my termcap, which seems to match what I had before. --Rich _ Rich Puhek

Re: strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 21:26:15 -0600 Rich Puhek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > ...ok, all that's cool, but nothing so far has answered the original > question: how does one get nvi to recognize the arrow keys? Things > worked fine until I upgraded to woody, now nvi isn't playing nice. All > the

Re: strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread Rich Puhek
dman wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:59:07PM -0800, justin cunningham wrote: > | Michel Loos wrote: > | | On Mon, Feb 18, 2002, justin cunningham wrote: > > | | > dpkg -l | grep vi shows nvi 1.79-20. the potato's show 1.79-16a.1. > | | > > | | > ok, so if I use the letter keys instead how

Re: strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread dman
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:59:07PM -0800, justin cunningham wrote: | Michel Loos wrote: | | On Mon, Feb 18, 2002, justin cunningham wrote: | | > dpkg -l | grep vi shows nvi 1.79-20. the potato's show 1.79-16a.1. | | > | | > ok, so if I use the letter keys instead how to I get to the end | | >

RE: strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread justin cunningham
Sigh... ok, you've made it clear it's time pick up that vi book behind me. Thanks for the replies. justin -Original Message- From: Michel Loos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 6:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'debian' Subject: RE: strange

RE: strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread Michel Loos
last character with me? > Like usual A Michel > Justin > > > > -Original Message- > From: dman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dman > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 6:15 PM > To: 'debian' > Subject: Re: strange vi > > On

RE: strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread justin cunningham
EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dman Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 6:15 PM To: 'debian' Subject: Re: strange vi On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 12:39:08PM +1030, Tom Cook wrote: | justin cunningham wrote: | > | > Hi, I've s-l-o-w-l-y been building a woody machine in spare time and |

Re: strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread dman
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 12:39:08PM +1030, Tom Cook wrote: | justin cunningham wrote: | > | > Hi, I've s-l-o-w-l-y been building a woody machine in spare time and | > noticed that I can't use the arrow keys to get around in vi. Is this | > because the keyboard is misconfiged? I think I remember

Re: strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread Tom Cook
justin cunningham wrote: > > Hi, I've s-l-o-w-l-y been building a woody machine in spare time and > noticed that I can't use the arrow keys to get around in vi. Is this > because the keyboard is misconfiged? I think I remember choosing the > default us qwerty as ok but I'm sshed into the machin

strange vi

2002-02-18 Thread justin cunningham
Hi, I've s-l-o-w-l-y been building a woody machine in spare time and noticed that I can't use the arrow keys to get around in vi. Is this because the keyboard is misconfiged? I think I remember choosing the default us qwerty as ok but I'm sshed into the machine from my laptop and the arrow keys