On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:51:48PM -0400, Mike B wrote: > Sorry if this is already addressed or is a non-issue. If I enter text > into vi (or vim for that matter) and hit the backspace key the cursor > runs over the text but does not remove it from the screen. If I then hit > escape after backing over all of this text it is then, and only then, > removed from the buffer. On my 4.x systems vi and vim work as I expect > with no intervention on my part. My term is set to cons25 btw. Thanks > The system's /usr/bin/vi worked like this since I remember it. I've just checked, and it sure doesn't remove the character with a backspace key until you escape. In vim(1), the character is removed from screen immediately. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov ru_at_FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer
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