Sigh... ok, you've made it clear it's time pick up that vi book behind me. Thanks for the replies. justin
-----Original Message----- From: Michel Loos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 6:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'debian' Subject: RE: strange vi Em Seg, 2002-02-18 às 23:41, justin cunningham escreveu: > dpkg -l | grep vi shows nvi 1.79-20. the potato's show 1.79-16a.1. > > ok, so if I use the letter keys instead how to I get to the end of a > line of data then press return to enter a new line without taking the > last character with me? > Like usual A Michel > Justin > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dman > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 6:15 PM > To: 'debian' > Subject: Re: strange vi > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 12:39:08PM +1030, Tom Cook wrote: > | justin cunningham wrote: > | > > | > Hi, I've s-l-o-w-l-y been building a woody machine in spare time and > | > noticed that I can't use the arrow keys to get around in vi. Is > this > | > because the keyboard is misconfiged? I think I remember choosing > the > | > default us qwerty as ok but I'm sshed into the machine from my > laptop > | > and the arrow keys don't work. Though they work at the console. My > | > laptops arrow keys work via ssh on lots of potato machines so, what > | > gives? Regards, justin > | > | Can't help except to say that 'j' is up, 'k' is down, 'h' is left and > | 'l' is right. That makes sense, doesn't it? ;-) > > It does once you put your hand on home row and see where the keys are > (and forget about the screen printing on them). > > > As for the arrow keys not working, which "vi" do you have? Surely it > isn't 'vi' since that is copyright and only Sun systems have it. In > vim, I have the following set : > > set esckeys " allow cursor keys in insert mode > > The arrow keys work, but I never use them anyways. > > HTH, > -D > > -- > > Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair > and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be > that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet > spirit, which is of GREAT WORTH in God's sight. For this is the way the > holy women of the past used to make themselves beautiful. > I Peter 3:3-5 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
