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

[surak@imsa.edu]

> 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?

First off, in vim, do a :help fixdel. This should solve your first problem.
Secondly, if you don't want backspace to delete from one line to a higher
one, you can change this in your .vimrc file. You probably want to add the
line "set bs=0" to use vi-backspacing.

Alan

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> Oliver Elphick                                Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
> Isle of Wight                              http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver
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