Hey, On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 12:22:18AM +0800, Richard wrote: > it seems vim doesn't want to behave like vim anymore when opened with > the command vi ... > > When i open a file to edit, the normal lines at the bottom to show i > am in edit mode are not shown when i have typt "i" ... this is > different when i use the command vim: then i see > > "-- INSERT --" as i am used to see. The arrow keys on my keyboard also > don't work as i am used to in vim when opened with the 'vi command' > > can somebody tell me what is wrong?
IIRC, when you open vim w/ the 'vi' command it runs it in vi compatibility mode. You need to do ':set nocompatible' if you want it to behave like vim. (Otherwise you could just start vim as opposed to vi). Good luck, Cam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
