Re: [gentoo-user] VI issues

2003-06-16 Thread Owen Gunden
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 05:23:10PM -0400, wes chow wrote: unless you have a dvorak keyboard... I've been using dvorak and vim together for over two years now (writing this email with them as we speak). What's the issue? I have no problems using hljk for movement.. Owen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [gentoo-user] VI issues

2003-06-16 Thread wes chow
No real problem, but hjkl was certainly chosen because of the proximity of those 4 keys on the qwerty keyboard. Wes (in the process of converting to dvorak) On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Owen Gunden wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 05:23:10PM -0400, wes chow wrote: unless you have a dvorak

[gentoo-user] VI issues

2003-06-11 Thread RVick
I have just installed my first gentoo server, and am using VIto edit files. Here is the problem when I am in insert mode "i" and I press the up arrow key and new line is inserted with the letter "A". When I press the right arrow the letter "C" is inserted in a new line. By pressing the down

Re: [gentoo-user] VI issues

2003-06-11 Thread Gareth John
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed my first gentoo server, and am using VI to edit files. Here is the problem when I am in insert mode i and I press the up arrow key and new line is inserted with the letter A. When I press the right arrow the letter C is inserted in a new line.

RE: [gentoo-user] VI issues

2003-06-11 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA
Alan wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 08:43:56PM +0100, Gareth John wrote: [snip] Try emerging vim instead of vi. I'm sure someone out there knows how to make standard vi understand the arrow keys, but vim does it out of the box. Or get your fingers to learn hjkl as your arrow movement

Re: [gentoo-user] VI issues

2003-06-11 Thread Ben Calvert
Alan said: On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 08:43:56PM +0100, Gareth John wrote: [snip] Try emerging vim instead of vi. I'm sure someone out there knows how to make standard vi understand the arrow keys, but vim does it out of the box. Or get your fingers to learn hjkl as your arrow movement keys.