2012/5/29 Gary Johnson <[email protected]>: > On 2012-05-29, Pablo Giménez Pizarro wrote: >> Enviado desde mi iPhone >> >> El 29 May 2012, a las 20:05, Gary Johnson <[email protected]> escribió: >> >> > On 2012-05-29, Pablo Giménez wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> I have an issue using vim in the termninal. >> >> Every time I go to Indert mode and try to sue the cursor it just >> >> begging to write the letter A,B,C,D and creates a new line. >> >> I have been digging and seems it is because of the internal definition >> >> of the termcap in Vim. >> >> So I tried the next: >> >> set term=builtin_ansi >> >> >> >> But then it is messing up the colors. >> >> The term is xterm-256color by default. >> >> Is there ane way to get the cursors working properly without changing >> >> the termn, or using the xterm terminal? >> >> I forgot to say I am using latest vim 7.3. >> > >> > The value of $TERM needs to be appropriate for the terminal you are >> > actually using. >> > >> > Vim uses $TERM to determine the terminal's capabilities and escape >> > sequences from your system's terminfo or termcap database. If the >> > value of $TERM is not correct, then Vim may obtain an incorrect >> > description of your arrow keys. >> > >> > What is the terminal you are using and what is the value of $TERM? >> I am using gnome terminal and xterm, for both TERM is set to xterm-256color > > If I'm understanding you correctly, the arrow keys work in xterm but > not in GNOME Terminal. Nop it doesnt work in any terminal, xterm or gnome-terminal. I also have mrxvt, but same problem. > > I should have suggested this earlier: Try starting vim like this, > > vim -N -u NONE This is interesting to try. Thanks. Let you know guys hos it goes. Thanks for the advice. > > to see whether the behavior is due to either your ~/.vimrc or one of > your plugins. > > One other thing you might try is executing > > infocmp > > to see if xterm-256color is properly defined on your system. > > I run Vim 7.3.524 in a GNOME Terminal 2.26.3.1 on a Fedora 11 system > daily without problems, but my TERM is set to "xterm". I just tried > setting TERM to "xterm-256color" and the arrow keys worked fine in > both normal and insert modes. I don't see anything in the Profile > Preferences that would change the arrow key behavior. > > Regards, > Gary > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
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