vim is screwed

ash · 2009-04-19 23:24:53

in vim when i am in insert mode (i) i hit backspace

instead of deleting (as it allways did) it adds blue '^?' to the text

whats up with it ?

rson451 · 2009-04-19 23:50:12

Try adding something like this to your .vimrc and see if it helps:

" Make backspace act normal
set backspace=indent,eol,start

I have a feeling this won't help, but it's worth a try.

cactus · 2009-04-19 23:53:02

Sounds like a termcap/terminfo issue, or possibly some other terminal setting.

Similar things happened to me a while ago with some boxes at work, and using screen:
http://cactuswax.net/articles/2008-07-2 … jinks.html

Last edited by cactus (2009-04-19 23:53:52)

xstaticxgpx · 2009-04-20 02:11:11

I also have this issue but only in tty's... my .vimrc's have 'set backspace=indent,eol,start'

ssjlegendx · 2009-04-22 02:58:40

cactus wrote:

Sounds like a termcap/terminfo issue, or possibly some other terminal setting.

I essentially agree with cactus.

It's definitely not an issue with Vim itself (or your Vim configuration). Your terminal is misinterpreting your input.

I want to say that the issue could involve /etc/inputrc, but I could be wrong. I think that there are ways to configure input interpretation per-terminal-app.

The shell you're using could also be playing a part (though I'm not sure if that could affect the behavior inside Vim). If I remember correctly, using bash instead of the given default ksh solved the issue (at least partially) for me on one machine.

Arch Linux

#1 2009-04-19 23:24:53

vim is screwed

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