Re: arrow keys don't move cursor but output ABCD in INSERT mode

On 6/07/11 11:40 PM, Ben Schmidt wrote:
> On 4/07/11 10:56 PM, Tim Chase wrote:
>> On 07/04/2011 03:07 AM, Kent wrote:
>>> last weekend I finally did the switch from .vim to
>>> vim-addon-manager. after the change, I made some small tests,
>>> almost everything looks fine. but the arrow key don't move
>>> cursor in INsert mode any longer, just ouput A, B, C, and D. I
>>> remembered that could be the vi-compatible problem.
>>
>> This sounds suspiciously like your terminal is sending an escape
>> sequence to move the cursor, and that the escape is being eaten.
>
> I just realised I'm seeing this, as I pressed an arrow key by mistake (I
> never usually use them)!
>
> So this may be a recent regression.
>
> Which Vim versions are you using?
>
> I might try to do a bisect with Mercurial to identify which changeset
> introduced the problem anyway.

Hmm. No, I don't think this is it. I tried doing a bisect, but trying to
find a good changeset didn't really work--Vim 7.3.2 has the problem, and
I definitely didn't experience the behaviour that long ago. I get the
problem with -u NONE, so it's not just configuration either. So I don't
know what's causing it yet.

To the OP: what system and Vim version etc. do you use? What Vim
features are compiled in? Probably easiest if you could post your
:version output. Mine is below.

Cheers,

Ben.

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Jul 7 2011 11:01:12)
MacOS X (unix) version
Included patches: 1-219
Modified by Ben Schmidt et al.
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