Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:45:43 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BETA4 Vi backspace behavior Message-ID: <20040921094543.GD4451@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20040921070138.GE89016@ip.net.ua> References: <414F8934.4080509@cinci.rr.com> <20040921070138.GE89016@ip.net.ua>
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On 2004-09-21 10:01, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:51:48PM -0400, Mike B wrote: > > Sorry if this is already addressed or is a non-issue. If I enter text > > into vi (or vim for that matter) and hit the backspace key the cursor > > runs over the text but does not remove it from the screen. If I then > > hit escape after backing over all of this text it is then, and only > > then, removed from the buffer. On my 4.x systems vi and vim work as I > > expect with no intervention on my part. My term is set to cons25 > > btw. Thanks > > The system's /usr/bin/vi worked like this since I remember it. > I've just checked, and it sure doesn't remove the character > with a backspace key until you escape. In vim(1), the character > is removed from screen immediately. This is exactly the sort of behavior I remember too, at least since 1998.
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