[SLL] Moving In vim insert mode...

[John Locke]

You might try:

apt-get install vim

... the default vi in Ubuntu is vim-tiny, missing a lot of conveniences...

Cheers,
John

Xeno Campanoli wrote:
> chupacabra wrote:
>> Xeno Campanoli wrote:
>
> Unfortunately it could be a combination of:
>
> 1.  /etc/vimrc settings
> 2.  ~/.vimrc settings
> 3.  compile settings
> 4.  environment settings external of vim.
>
> I checked and all my locations I have a TERM value of "xterm", so 
> that's apparently not it.  Still, Ubuntu could presumably have 
> different printcap stuff or something like that.  I hope not.  I hope 
> it's just a setting, or getting a different compiled version...???
>
>>> Say, I was just introduced to something I've apparently ignored for 
>>> perhaps a long time and therefore never known.  Apparently there is
>>> a configuration in vim that allows you to move around in text even
>>> though you are in insert mode.  This is contrary to how I learned to
>>> use vi, so I guess I've never run into it.  Still, I see it's turned
>>> on in CentOS, and turned off in my Ubuntu server.  Anyone know what
>>> the name of the setting is?  I fished around in my CentOS /etc/vimrc 
>>> file but don't see anything there.
>>>
>>> Sincerely, Xeno
>>>
>>>
>> ive been seeing it but didn't know how to describe it.
>>
>>
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