Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 13:17:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Chris Vertonghen <chrisv@brilliant.net> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi tutorial Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960821131004.306A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608211934.VAA02878@mail.be.innet.net>
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On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Chris Vertonghen wrote: > At 12:21 18-08-96 -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > >The arrow keys have always worked for me with FreeBSD (2.0.5 and > >later). I think I'm using them in the circumstances where they > >supposedly mess everything up. On the other hand if I telnet to a > >computer at Stanford running Sun OS 4.1.4, and the arrow keys produce > >capital letters. I believe this to be a key-binding problem but I'm not > >sure. I discovered that the arrow keys work on Sun OS 4.1.4 provided one calls nvi instead of vi. > > Just an idea: wouldn't it be much less confusing to talk about the <hjkl> > keys as navigation keys (vi and all clones are based on these keys as > navigation keys, just *because* not all terminals support the arrow keys). > You could simply mention the usage of the arrow-keys in the manual when > talking about the possible termemuls that support them... I think that's what Gary Kline is doing. It turns out, I think, that people use vi in many different ways, since it has so many options. This is part of what makes it difficult to write a tutorial. Annelise > Cya, > Chris. > > > #include <disclaimer.h> > -- > Chris Vertonghen <chrisv@brilliant.net> > <a href="http://www.brilliant.net">Brilliant Solutions</a> > <a href="http://www.lanier.com">Lanier WorldWide Inc.</a> > > >
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