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From: mary@thunder.ocis.temple.edu (Mary Kingston)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Silly but annoying vi question
Date: 13 Apr 1996 05:35:54 GMT
Organization: Temple University, Academic Computer Services
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I am having what I can only describe as a very silly problem
working in VI on my BSDI 2.1 system.  My cursor keys won't 
reposition the cursor when I am in command mode.  Instead,
they insert the "A", "B", "C", or "D" character from the
arrow escape sequence into the file.  

I know that all REAL unix sysadms use the HJKL keys to get
around in VI, but I am so accustom to hitting my arrow keys
on all my other Unix boxes that I would prefer to modify
whatever it is that is causing my one BSD system to 
misbehave.

If anyone can recommend a fix for me, I would appreciate it.
I have tried what I know to get it right but it just isn't
working.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Mary