Re: The effects of backspace and delete are reversed in vim

1998-04-22 Thread surak
> An annoying feature of vim is that the effects of backspace and of delete > are reversed compared to any other vi. It is particularly annoying because > backspace will delete existing text, including newlines, when it is in input > mode. > > How can I put these effects back to normal, please? F

Re: The effects of backspace and delete are reversed in vim

1998-04-22 Thread aqy6633
> An annoying feature of vim is that the effects of backspace and of delete > are reversed compared to any other vi. It is particularly annoying because > backspace will delete existing text, including newlines, when it is in input > mode. > > How can I put these effects back to normal, please? H

Re: The effects of backspace and delete are reversed in vim

1998-04-22 Thread jdassen
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 12:57:19PM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote: > An annoying feature of vim is that the effects of backspace and of delete > are reversed compared to any other vi. See help :fixdel > It is particularly annoying because backspace will delete existing text, > including newlines, wh

The effects of backspace and delete are reversed in vim

1998-04-22 Thread Oliver Elphick
An annoying feature of vim is that the effects of backspace and of delete are reversed compared to any other vi. It is particularly annoying because backspace will delete existing text, including newlines, when it is in input mode. How can I put these effects back to normal, please? Should this b