Re: Weird cursors behaviour when using vim in terminal in insert mode

2012/5/29 Gary Johnson <garyjohn@spocom.com>:
> On 2012-05-29, Pablo Giménez Pizarro wrote:
>> Enviado desde mi iPhone
>>
>> El 29 May 2012, a las 20:05, Gary Johnson <garyjohn@spocom.com> escribió:
>>
>> > On 2012-05-29, Pablo Giménez wrote:
>> >> Hi all.
>> >> I have an issue using vim in the termninal.
>> >> Every time I go to Indert mode and try to sue the cursor it just
>> >> begging to write the letter A,B,C,D and creates a new line.
>> >> I have been digging and seems it is because of the internal definition
>> >> of the termcap in Vim.
>> >> So I tried the next:
>> >> set term=builtin_ansi
>> >>
>> >> But then it is messing up the colors.
>> >> The term is xterm-256color by default.
>> >> Is there ane way to get the cursors working properly without changing
>> >> the termn, or using the xterm terminal?
>> >> I forgot  to say I am using latest vim 7.3.
>> >
>> > The value of $TERM needs to be appropriate for the terminal you are
>> > actually using.
>> >
>> > Vim uses $TERM to determine the terminal's capabilities and escape
>> > sequences from your system's terminfo or termcap database.  If the
>> > value of $TERM is not correct, then Vim may obtain an incorrect
>> > description of your arrow keys.
>> >
>> > What is the terminal you are using and what is the value of $TERM?
>> I am using gnome terminal and xterm, for both TERM is set to xterm-256color
>
> If I'm understanding you correctly, the arrow keys work in xterm but
> not in GNOME Terminal.
Nop it doesnt work in any terminal, xterm or gnome-terminal.
I also have mrxvt, but same problem.
>
> I should have suggested this earlier:  Try starting vim like this,
>
>    vim -N -u NONE
This is interesting to try.
Thanks.
Let you know guys hos it goes.
Thanks for the advice.
>
> to see whether the behavior is due to either your ~/.vimrc or one of
> your plugins.
>
> One other thing you might try is executing
>
>    infocmp
>
> to see if xterm-256color is properly defined on your system.
>
> I run Vim 7.3.524 in a GNOME Terminal 2.26.3.1 on a Fedora 11 system
> daily without problems, but my TERM is set to "xterm".  I just tried
> setting TERM to "xterm-256color" and the arrow keys worked fine in
> both normal and insert modes.  I don't see anything in the Profile
> Preferences that would change the arrow key behavior.
>
> Regards,
> Gary
>
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