On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Ben Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Once I did this; i start to edit a libary; and my <BS> is acting >> funky. It functiosn when I am in insert mode for what was written in >> that session of insert mode; but once I press <ESC>, I cannot use <BS> >> key for anything that was not entered in the current <insert mode> >> session. I oft go between modes; so this severely hampers my >> progress; ^H has the same behavior. I made a shortcut with >> "C:\Program Files\Vim\vim72\gvim.exe" -N -u NONE -i NONE and same >> behavior; so it is not my vimrc, possibly keyboard driver...? I do not >> have an issue in any other programs that I am aware of. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > :set backspace=indent,eol,start > > or your preferred combination. This is often done by a systemwide > vimrc, which is probably the case on Ubuntu. You can check what exactly > Ubuntu does by checking its system vimrc and gvimrc: > > :e $VIM/vimrc > :e $VIM/gvimrc > > or if that doesn't work, do :version and check what the system vimrc and > gvimrc actually are. > > :help 'backspace' > > Ben. >
Thanks, works perfectly now. I must brush up on my vim help searching...... Thanks again, Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
