Will, did you actually check that the explanation is true yourself? See comment #6
I've repeated in on 10.04: sudo aptitude remove vim sudo aptitude install vim Entered vim on existing text file, pressed 'I', the cursor keys produce letters. A-up, B-down, D-left, C-right. See comment #11 for my .vimrc- save - I paste it again: cat .vimrc-save set columns=130 colors desert -- Using arrow keys in vim-tiny while in Insert mode introduces A,B,C,D into text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491615 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs