Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > While in insert mode, vi will not let the cursor move to the beginning > > of the line (you can get to within one character). > > If you Esc insert mode, move to the beginning of the line and enter > > insert mode things work fine. > > Is this restriction from the first character a feature? If so what > > purpose does it serve? > > which vi? elvis, vim, or nvi? > > i just tested it while writing this message...didn't happen to me, so > it's not elvis. it must be one of the other two.
I've just had it happen with nvi, but not vim. I'd say it was a bug. Neil. +--------------------------------------------------+----------------------+ | Neil Turton, Assistant computer officer | Snail Mail to: | | Part III mathematics student | Churchill college, | | http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/home/ndt1001/home.html | Cambridge. CB3 0DS. | +--------------------------------------------------+----------------------+ | GCM(M) d H s+:- !g p0>+ !au(-) a- w+ v C+++@ UL++++$(+++) P+ L+++ 3- | | E++ N-(+) K- W--- M-- V po Y+ t-- 5 !j R- G? !tv(-) b+ D+ B? e+++ u(*) | | h-- f !r>+++ n+ y? | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
