VI Editor Problem

[LittleU]

Hi,

I Just installed Ubuntu 9.10.

When i type some program in vi Editor the arrow keys(left,right,up,down) are not working correctly. when i type them its writing some characters in the editors rather than moving accordingly.


( when i press up arrow its writing a )
( down arrow b)
( left arrow d )
( right arrow c)

is this the problem with the keyboard layout or i need to install some pkg.

please some one help me solving this problem.

Regards,
LillteU

[lloyd_b]

Hi,

I Just installed Ubuntu 9.10.

When i type some program in vi Editor the arrow keys(left,right,up,down) are not working correctly. when i type them its writing some characters in the editors rather than moving accordingly.


( when i press up arrow its writing a )
( down arrow b)
( left arrow d )
( right arrow c)

is this the problem with the keyboard layout or i need to install some pkg.

please some one help me solving this problem.

Regards,
LillteU

It's a problem with terminal handling with the "vim-tiny" package that's installed by default. I'd suggest installing a less minimal version of vim ("sudo apt-get install vim" or "sudo apt-get install vim-full"), which will fix that problem, plus add support for things like syntax highlighting. Alternately, "export TERM=ansi" before invoking 'vim' should get you correct terminal handling.

Lloyd B.

[LittleU]

Any ways thanks,

my editor is working fine now.
I installed vim-rnutime and vim .

Thanks,

[yaprak]

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