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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!web.nmti.com!peter 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 Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4kuj47$jcs@web.nmti.com> References: <4knefr$n34@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> <4krjcj$m2f@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com In article <4krjcj$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 ...})... -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them