Re: Somehowofftopic: Cursorkeys with *vi* on Solaris...

bill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com> [10-09-09 18:12]:
> Чтв, 09 Сен 2010, meino.cramer@gmx.de писал(а):
> > Hi,
> >
> > this is a somehow offtopic question, but I need a little help to
> > survive... ;)
> >
> > At work I am urged to use the plain vi on a SUN Solaris (5.3, I think)
> > workstation very often.
> > I cannot install vi mthere for various reasons.
> >
> > One thing I cannot get off my fingers is using the cursor keys in
> > input mode .., which has "interesting" results on my source code
> > (hrrrm).
> >
> > I found tutorial on the web how to map the cursor keys, but they do
> > not work.
> > Very often I saw the sequence "^[" in those docs. I think, this
> > is the ESC-symbol.
> >
> > BUT:. CTL-v (verbose input in vim) does not work with this plain vi.
> >
> > It would help me A LOT, if someone knows the trick how to remap the
> > cursor keys, so they do work in input mode with a plain vi on SUN
> > solaris.
> >
> > VIM RULES!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > mcc
>
> ctrl-v should work in bill joe's original vi and its descendents.
> There is "map!" which is roughly the equivalent of "imap" in vim.
>
> Once you find out key sequences for those arrow keys, add map! into your
> .exrc or $EXINIT string, eg.
> map! ^[OA ^[ka " cursor up
> map! ^[OB ^[ja " cursor down
> map! ^[OC ^[la " cursor right
> map! ^[OD ^[ha " cursor left
>
> If you really cannot use ctrl-v on that machine, then edit the file
> somewhere using vim and copy the file.
>
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Hi,

Thank you for your reply! A lifesaver...

...yesterday I found the reason why all that seems not work: I had to
"unsetenv EXINIT" so that the .exrc file becomes read...sigh...

Best regards,

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