[SLL] Moving In vim insert mode...

[Xeno Campanoli]

John Locke wrote:
> You might try:
> 
> apt-get install vim

Got it!  That was the problem.  Thanks.
> 
> ... 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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