Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 21:08:54 +1000 (EST) From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: vi edit mode unstable -termcap ? Message-ID: <199612291108.VAA20669@ogre.devetir.qld.gov.au>
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davidn@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) wrote: >Kim Culhan writes: >> For example if I hit the down-arrow key a few times, after about >> 3 or 4 arrow-down, it will begin to put 'B' into the editor. > >Yes, this is really VERY annoying. I have the same problem with >any network connections, even across 10mb ethernet, which is just >plain crazy. The workaround (and it IS only a workaround!) is to >put set escapetime=10 into ~/.exrc. > >Could the maintainer of nvi PLEASE use a more reasonable default >value for escapetime? This is problematic even editing in an xterm >locally on a system running under a reasonable load. I've had no problems with escapetime=5, but I agree the default should be the good old 1 second (escapetime=10), and let optimists set escapetime=1. I've also had no problems with hjkl, but the rest of you vi die-hards would already know this. :-) >This started with the recent vendor import of the new version >of nvi. "split" disappeared too. :-( Use ":E" instead. ":split" could be made an alias of ":E" I suppose. Has anyone looked for a more recent nvi alpha to see if Keith has already done these things? Stephen.
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