Bob Holtzman <[email protected]> wrote: > After using vi and vim for many years it suddenly started acting up. > > Running debian 8.2 on a thinkpad T420 w/ vim 7.4.488-7. > > On a fresh install of debian 8.2, I copied the vimrc from debian 7.9 > and plugged it in. That may have been my mistake, however I've done > this before with no problem. > > In the insert mode: > down arrow moves the line down, replacing with a cap B. > up arrow gives the same result except it is replaced with a cap A. > left arrow, same result except it's replaced with a cap D. > right arrow, same as above w/ cap C. > > Once I hit the escape key to get out of the insert mode it seems to > function normally. > > Also, it doesn't show the "insert" indication at the bottom left of the > screen. I'm left to guess.
You probably have vim-tiny installed by default, which does not handle arrow keys I think. Try: $ sudo apt-get install vim-gnome This should install vim compile with "huge" feature set. Regards Dominique -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
