Wes Bel wrote: > From: Wes > To: bug-bash@gnu.org > Subject: Using the arrow keys in vi-insert-mode frequently causes text > to be deleted. > > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i686 > OS: cygwin > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash.exe' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='cygwin' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-cygwin' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' > -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DRECYCLES_PIDS -I. > -I/home/eblake/bash-3.2.39-20/src/bash-3.2 > -I/home/eblake/bash-3.2.39-20/src/bash-3.2/include > -I/home/eblake/bash-3.2.39-20/src/bash-3.2/lib -O2 -pipe > uname output: CYGWIN_NT-5.1 SchoolOfTiger 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 > 19:34 i686 Cygwin > Machine Type: i686-pc-cygwin > > Bash Version: 3.2 > Patch Level: 39 > Release Status: release > > Description: > I have only seen this problem on Cygwin. I've tried to duplicate it on > RedHat and Arch Linux, but it works fine there. > > Basically, when using vi mode, I've noticed text get deleted when I use > the arrow keys to move the cursor in insert mode.
Unfortunately, I can't reproduce this -- I don't have ready access to a cygwin installation. It sounds like an input timing problem such that the multi-character key sequence output by the arrow keys isn't being recognized as a complete sequence. Have you contacted the cygwin folks about this? Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
