[arch-general] vi problems
Hi List, I upgraded a couple of days ago not having done so for a number of weeks and now vi dosn't work properly in a konsole - the key allocations seem all wrong (eg up/down arrows, insert, delete > all print A', B' etc. Clueless as to where to start. Any help appreciated. Richard
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:59 PM, richard terry <rterry@pacific.net.au> wrote:
Hi List,
I upgraded a couple of days ago not having done so for a number of weeks and now vi dosn't work properly in a konsole - the key allocations seem all wrong (eg up/down arrows, insert, delete > all print A', B' etc.
Clueless as to where to start.
Install vim and use that instead. vi is no longer a small version of vim.
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:59:59 +1100 richard terry <rterry@pacific.net.au> wrote:
Hi List,
I upgraded a couple of days ago not having done so for a number of weeks and now vi dosn't work properly in a konsole - the key allocations seem all wrong (eg up/down arrows, insert, delete > all print A', B' etc.
Clueless as to where to start.
Any help appreciated.
Richard
vi is now ex-vi, which behaves mostly like the original vi. So you have to use 'hjkl' and so on. (which you should use anyway)
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:11:00 +0200 Øyvind Heggstad <mrelendig@har-ikkje.net> wrote:
So you have to use 'hjkl' and so on. (which you should use anyway)
only on crappy (or 'suboptimal' for the political correct) keyboard layouts. Dieter
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:11:40 +0200 Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:11:00 +0200 Øyvind Heggstad <mrelendig@har-ikkje.net> wrote:
So you have to use 'hjkl' and so on. (which you should use anyway)
only on crappy (or 'suboptimal' for the political correct) keyboard layouts.
Dieter
When I used dvorak, I had the keyboard set up as querty in normal mode, and dvorak in insert mode. Worked nicely without me having to relearn the location of everything in normal mode :)
for those who don't want to use vim, ex has a visual mode that is pretty much the same as vi was. it's a little bit old throlgh. 2009/10/16 Øyvind Heggstad <mrelendig@har-ikkje.net>
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:11:40 +0200 Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:11:00 +0200 Øyvind Heggstad <mrelendig@har-ikkje.net> wrote:
So you have to use 'hjkl' and so on. (which you should use anyway)
only on crappy (or 'suboptimal' for the political correct) keyboard layouts.
Dieter
When I used dvorak, I had the keyboard set up as querty in normal mode, and dvorak in insert mode. Worked nicely without me having to relearn the location of everything in normal mode :)
On Friday 16 October 2009 01:11:00 Øyvind Heggstad wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:59:59 +1100
richard terry <rterry@pacific.net.au> wrote:
Hi List,
I upgraded a couple of days ago not having done so for a number of weeks and now vi dosn't work properly in a konsole - the key allocations seem all wrong (eg up/down arrows, insert, delete > all print A', B' etc.
Clueless as to where to start.
Any help appreciated.
Richard
vi is now ex-vi, which behaves mostly like the original vi. So you have to use 'hjkl' and so on. (which you should use anyway)
ex-vi dosn't seem to be available as a package?where does one find it. Also I tried another's suggestiong about vim, but it conflicts with a file and I didn't want to force it in case there were problems ?any comments?
Targets (1): vim-7.2.266-1 Total Download Size: 0.00 MB Total Installed Size: 28.69 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y checking package integrity... (1/1) checking for file conflicts [######################################################################################################################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) vim: /usr/bin/rview exists in filesystem Regards Richard
2009/10/15, richard terry <rterry@pacific.net.au>:
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) vim: /usr/bin/rview exists in filesystem
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On Fri 16 Oct 2009 07:33 +1100, richard terry wrote:
On Friday 16 October 2009 01:11:00 Øyvind Heggstad wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:59:59 +1100
richard terry <rterry@pacific.net.au> wrote:
Hi List,
I upgraded a couple of days ago not having done so for a number of weeks and now vi dosn't work properly in a konsole - the key allocations seem all wrong (eg up/down arrows, insert, delete > all print A', B' etc.
Clueless as to where to start.
Any help appreciated.
Richard
vi is now ex-vi, which behaves mostly like the original vi. So you have to use 'hjkl' and so on. (which you should use anyway)
ex-vi dosn't seem to be available as a package?where does one find it.
vi provides ex-vi. See `pacman -Si vi`
Also I tried another's suggestiong about vim, but it conflicts with a file and I didn't want to force it in case there were problems ?any comments?
Targets (1): vim-7.2.266-1
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) vim: /usr/bin/rview exists in filesystem
Try `pacman -Qo /usr/bin/rview` If no package owns it and you haven't created that file yourself, then it should be safe to force the install.
participants (7)
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Dieter Plaetinck
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Giovanni Scafora
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Loui Chang
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Otávio Módolo
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Ray Kohler
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richard terry
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Øyvind Heggstad