From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 3 20:15:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA07262 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:15:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA07245 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:15:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id WAA12066; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 22:15:16 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19990203221516.T16540@futuresouth.com> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 22:15:16 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Chris Csanady , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How many people use VI? This is unbelievable.. References: <19990204035306.EEA306@friley-185-205.res.iastate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990204035306.EEA306@friley-185-205.res.iastate.edu>; from Chris Csanady on Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 09:53:05PM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 09:53:05PM -0600, a little birdie told me that Chris Csanady remarked > I unfortunately have a lot of data to type in, and to my surprise > the keypad is unuseable in vi. It doesn't even work in vim. Thank > god it works on Irix--I thought I would be using ee. > > Anyways, here is what happens when I type the digits 1-9 on the > keypad while in insert mode.. That's not a function of vi, that's a function of your terminal. Lemme guess; xterm, right? If I start vi in console mode, works fine. >From a raw xterm, no dice. I haven't tracked down what precisely is causing it to roll over and start twitching under X because it doesn't bug me that much, but it may you. --- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message