Well Randy, you were partially right (you may indeed be fully right, and me "fully" wrong). I had set up my profile ages ago when my cygwin know-how was much less than the little I know now. So somehow I ended up with TERM=rxvt. I changed it to TERM=cygwin and indeed, the arrow keys are back. However, I do take issue with your "practically flawless" line - for I still have the need to do CTRL-L refreshes with small files. Example:
Simple text file with the following text: cygrunsrv -E cron Open in Vim, and do nothing but touch the L (lower case of course) key and navigate to the end of the line. The following text is the result: ccygrunsrv -E cro Of course a simple CTRL-L (lower case L) fixes this. I get the same result with the arrow keys. This is nothing new to me, and I've been living with it as long as I've used cygwin and vim together. The behavior occurs when navigating the first few lines of a large file, or any line of a file small enough to fit completely on the screen. None of this is crippling and if there is some setting I can change to correct it, it would be "nice". I thank you sir for pointing out my incorrect TERM setting. Since I'm not qualified to give you a gold star, I'll simply pledge my "support" give you my promise to cast a ballot for you if a "gold star" referendum were ever held. ( hmmm, I can't remember if I'm registered to vote! ) Brian Kelly "Randall R Schulz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@cygwin.com on 06/10/2003 09:41:59 AM Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Brian Kelly/WTC1/Empire) Subject: Re: Vim and the navigating with arrow keys Brian, At 06:27 2003-06-10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >"True Vim'ers DO NOT navigate with arrow keys". I remember reading >that somewhere. Certainly the "correct" way to navigate in Vim is with >the H J K and L keys. Understood, acknowledged, yaddy yadda >yaaa. That said - I "like" to use the arrow keys. It's habitual and >something I've been doing for years and years. And like most folks, I >"resist" change. Therefore, I'm a little "disturbed" that the latest >Vim appears to have completely disabled the arrow keys for navigation, >or even for mapping. You are mistaken. Arrow keys are working fine in: VIM - Vi IMproved 6.2 (2003 Jun 1, compiled Jun 1 2003 19:49:13) If arrow keys are not functioning for you in Vim, the problem is not Vim itself. >Is this a "planned" and permanent new condition?? The previous >version 6.1-300 still has arrow keys enabled, but 6.2-1 does not - or >so it appears. Now I do note, the navigating appears much more precise >and improved with 6.2-1, no more having to do CTRL-L's to refresh the >screen after navigating small text files. (Which was a bother). I >don't use RXVT, but bash in a cmd shell. What TERM setting are you using? I have always found Vim to be virtually flawless in screen maintenance with TERM=cygwin under the Cygwin console-based terminal emulation. >I'm a minimalist at heart and try to use native and ubiquitous >utilities to the greatest extent possible - which is why I long ago >chose Vi as my primary editor. Because it's "everywhere", especially >in UNIX, I'm never without "my" editor. Anyhow, I'd just to like to >know if anyone else has noticed this, cares, or knows something about >it. I can of course live without arrows, but I'd rather not if I don't have to. We're all deeply caring people here, even if a bit mean. Randall Schulz -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ "WellChoice, Inc." made the following annotations on 06/10/2003 10:27:10 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attention! This electronic message contains information that may be legally confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Release/Disclosure Statement -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
