Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 22:39:50 -0600 From: RichardH <richardh@wsonline.net> To: Roberto Armenteros <rarmente@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi editor behaving like a bad boy... Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020513223738.00a69700@pop.wsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com>
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VI is default in almost all UNIX systems including FBSD. Before you run a=20 "command" like i for insert you need to hit esc to put you in command mode,= =20 that would be the only problem I can see you having. At 10:21 PM 5/13/2002, Roberto Armenteros wrote: >I started using vi in linux and it became my favorite >text editor. Now, in my two installations of freeBSD >vi is practically impossible to use. The most basic >shorcuts like pressing i or insert to start typing >dont work. I always end up screwing up the texts i >open with vi. I really dont know what is causing this >problem. Is it a configuration problem? In linux vi >would work perfectly from the default installation, >isnt it so in freebsd? I would appreciate any input in >this matter. > > Thanks a lot, Roberto Armenteros... > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience >http://launch.yahoo.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a=20 Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and=20 explode once a year killing everyone inside. =97Robert Cringely in InfoWorld=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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