Re: Re: vi and up/down arrow

[Dave Restall <dave@restall.net>]

Hi,

> Ok, so I should switch to command mode and press "hjkl" to
> navigate up/down/left/right and then back to edit mode to
> edit the text? Right, vi has improved a lot these days!

An ALTERNATIVE is to install vim and then do an :-

	update-alternatives --config vi

and set vim as the editor called.

I did this and am happily able to edit.  hjkl is useful but when you
aren't used to it, it's a nuisance.  Quite why vim wasn't my default
editor is anther matter :-)

Regards,


Dave
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