[Gllug] backspace key not working in vi

[Richard Cohen]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, will wrote:

> Richard Cohen wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Will Jessop wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I didn't use vi much a while ago, but I have started using it a bit more
> >>now and so I think it is about time I figured out why my backspace key
> >>doesn't work.  Basically whenever I press it, it prints out ^? and I
> >>have to go back along the line and use the delete key instead.
> >>
> >>Anyone got any ideas on changing this?  It is wuite annooying.
> >>
> >
> > When you say vi, do you mean vim?  If no, why not?!?! :-)
> >
> > Anyway, if it is vim, look at :help fixdel
>
>
> Hmmm, vim isn't there, but sticking that in a .vimrc file seems to do
> the job.  Hmmm.

Do ":version" inside your vi.  It looks like it is vim, but rather than
calling it vim and making a symlink called vi, your distro (which one) have
just called the binary vi.  If so, they're not really giving vim the credit
it deserves...

> Thanks
>
> Will

Cheers
Richard


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