Arend-Jan Westhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 23:42 2006-03-18 +0800, Steven Woody wrote: >> >>hi, >> >>i've installed gvim on cygwin, but the backspace does not work properly. the >>problem is, in insert mode, the backspace key can not delete any character >>which are typed before current insert mode ( it can only delete chars > typed in >>this insert session ). >> >>is there any clue? thanks. >> >> >>-- >>steven woody (id: narke) >> > <snip> > > As far as I know vi has always worked like that. > Just as when you set Auto Indent mode with: > :set ai > you cannot move to before the initial indentation point with backspace, > but have to use Ctrl-d instead. > Taking your message at face value one might think you would be happier with > using gvim in easy mode: > gvim -y > However I think using that mode subtracts much more from the > strong points of vi than it does from its weak points. > There is also the question of whether this question is on topic for this list. thanks for you answer and suggestion, but i don't think i am off topic. the problem i described only happen on Cygwin+Win32. i might not descript it so clear, let me do it again:
Case A ------ 1, open gvim. 2, press 'i' 3, type in 'hello,' 4, press ESC ( back to command mode ) 5, press 'a' 6, type in 'world' 7, press BACKSPC 5 times, now the 'world' was deleted 8, press BACKSPC again, however, this time nothing happen, the ',' and previous 'hello' can not be deleted as expected. -- steven woody (id: narke) -- 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/
