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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Silly but annoying vi question
Date: 15 Apr 1996 22:37:59 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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Message-ID: <4kuj47$jcs@web.nmti.com>
References: <4knefr$n34@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> <4krjcj$m2f@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca>
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In article <4krjcj$m2f@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca>,
The Doctor <doctor@nl2k.edmonton.AB.ca> wrote:
> In article <4knefr$n34@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu>,
> Mary Kingston <mary@thunder.ocis.temple.edu> wrote:
> >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.
> >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.
> This is an annoyance with ANY vi editor.
> just dd the lines involved and go from there.
Bullshit.
Just set your terminal to generate "^[ [ x" instead of "^[ O x" (for x
in {A B C D ...})...
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