Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 00:38:37 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Roberto Armenteros <rarmente@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi editor behaving like a bad boy... Message-ID: <20020514043837.90FADBB29@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com>
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It's always worked fine for me . . . something odd is going on. You say that "i" doesn't work??? That's really fundamental. So you say "vi foo" and then hit "i" . . . it doesn't go into inert mode? What *does* it do? On Tuesday 14 May 2002 12:21 am, 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 -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) http://www.babbleon.org http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org If you smell the smoke you don't need to be told what you've got to do; Yet there's a certain breed, so very in-between, they'd rather take a vote. -- DEVO -- Here To Go To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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