Re: Vi use up-down-left-right in insert mode

2006-10-02 Thread Tim Chase
Note that this mailing list deals only with vim, not with any other flavors of vi. Some of us are a little more cosmopolitan, willing to discuss obscure features of other versions of vi... :) (at least if we have access to 'em, such as the stock version of vi I have on my OpenBSD machines).

Re: Vi use up-down-left-right in insert mode

2006-10-02 Thread Yakov Lerner
On 10/1/06, samitj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am a new vi user switching from emacs. Is it possible to use up-down-left-right,backspace and delete in Vi in insert mode. Are you using vim or [non-vim] vi ? What you ask works in vim, but does not work in vi. First make sure you use *vim*, not s

Re: Vi use up-down-left-right in insert mode

2006-10-01 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
samitj wrote: Hi, I am a new vi user switching from emacs. Is it possible to use up-down-left-right,backspace and delete in Vi in insert mode. I find it hard to go out of insert mode just to edit my typos while typing. Yes, it is. Didn't you try? If arrow keys don't work, maybe the termcap/t