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Date:      Tue, 14 May 2002 01:09:47 -0400
From:      Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org>
To:        Roberto Armenteros <rarmente@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vi editor behaving like a bad boy...
Message-ID:  <200205140109.47753.culverk@yumyumyum.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com>

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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.

The problem is that vi in linux is not the REAL vi... it's a modified vi.=
=2E.=20
you just have to get used to the real thing.

Ken

>
>    Thanks a lot,  Roberto Armenteros...
>
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