Crazy notion, but maybe your TERM environment variable is wrong? Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Victor M. Moreno wrote: > > >Hello, > >In others distro of linux I was able to use the arrow keys when editing a > >file with vi. > >Now I have installed Mandrake 7.2, but when editing a file with vi I am not > >able to > >use the arrow keys because control character appears. > > Very strange... I use vi as it comes with 7.2 and never had the problem > you describe. I also looked in ~/.vimrc (the vi that comes with 7.2 is > vim) and could not find anything special or strange there. > Perhaps you can find some help at www.vim.org > > Paul > > -- > To do is to be - Sartre > To be is to do - Spinoza > Do be do be do - Sinatra > > http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 > Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30 > --- Michael E. Shimniok - KC0EKI - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." - H. L. Menken ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
