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Re: Vi problems from recent upgrade



* David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> [2006-05-24 16:15]:
> In more recent versions of vi (vim), the insert/replace keyed
> functionality is no longer working as it was. The prompt "insert" or
> "replace" does not appear, one cannot go to the very end (after last
> character) of the line, and the direction keys give (escaped)
> characters instead of positioning the cursor. I recall something in
> the changelogs but that was a couple of updates ago. How do I get my
> "old" beloved vi back?

You should know that Vim behaves differently when invoked as vi then
when invoked as vim.  Therefore, you may want to use vim from now on.


- Felix

-- 
Felix C. Stegerman <flx@obfusk.net>

"Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature."
 -- R. Kulawiec

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