$ unalias vi
in your shell. That should get you back to a plain-jane version of vi (vim, really) that doesn't do all the extra whiz-bang junk vim provides.
--[Lance]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, good point. I'm feeling *a little* better.
After trying to figure out what was going wrong I found the following odd scenario:
vi ./file (auto repeat is NOT on) (save file)
chmod 755 ./file vi ./file (auto repeat IS on)
Strange.
If I am editing a file with the executable bits set and I enter interactive mode and write a comment, then hit enter VIM automatically places a "#" at the start of the next line.
In order to stop having "#"s at the start of every line I have to:
1. hit escape 2. and rather than appending to the end of that line I have to use the "j" key to drop to a new which seems to exit auto repeat.
I guess I just have to get used to using this wonderful "feature" and overcome 10 years of escaping out of interactive mode then hitting "a" then "enter" to get to a "clean" newline.
I guess I freaked out a bit. :) Heh... work is fun.
Greg
-----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Portzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Oct 21, 2004 1:12 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] God, how I hate thee, VIM
What do you mean by a "POS auto-repeat thing" ... what are the exact symptoms/problems? I realize your frustration but we need a little clearer description..
Also feel free to drop by IRC, #trilug on irc.freenode.net, as a place to vent frustration too :-)
Jeremy
On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 13:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm running Knoppix 3.4 (I don't have a 3.6 cd here) and I'm having to write scripts. VIM for some [EMAIL PROTECTED]&* reason, VIM has a a POS auto-repeat thing built in with no clear way to shut off what is simply the MOST ANNOYING THING SINCE THE BLINK TAG!!!!!!
Man page = no help. Google = no help yet.
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