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Date:      Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:42:13 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
To:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: weird inconsistent editing behavior
Message-ID:  <20000926134213.B252@parish>
In-Reply-To: <20000926131753.A24573@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 01:17:53PM %2B0100
References:  <20000926131753.A24573@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 01:17:53PM +0100, j mckitrick wrote:
> 
> This one really has me going.  For the past 2 days,  when I am editing a
> document with vi or vim, after cursoring up several lines, the console beeps
> and inserts a capital 'A' and goes into insert mode.  After cursoring down
> several times, I get a capital 'B', a newline, and insert mode again.
> 
> AFAIK, the termcap on this machine has not changed, and  the term type is
> xterm-color, which is also correct.  This *has* to be a stupid mistake of
> some kind, but I am at a loss to figure out what.  Meanwhile, I will keep
> trying to solve it myself.
> 

ISTR that the state of the Num Lock key has an effect on this.

> jcm
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