Vim insert mode requires 'i' three times

[Mel]

On Friday 14 March 2008 05:22:48 Troy wrote:

> I'm not sure if anyone has seen this but it started a few months ago.
> When I startup vim I have to hit 'i' three times to get it to go into
> insert mode.  I started troubleshooting my .vimrc file and figured out
> that as long as I have a .vimrc file, even if it's completely blank it
> exhibits this behavior.  I notice that there is a 'c' letter in the buffer
> upon startup but again there is nothing that is in the .vimrc file that is
> causing this to load.
>
> If I delete the .vimrc file and start the program, I can hit 'i' once and
> it will go into insert mode like it's supposed to.
>
> I have had this problem on 6.3 and just upgraded to 7.0 and it still is
> there. This is happening on two different FreeBSD machines.
>
> One machine is running:
>
> vim+ruby-7.1.242_5
> vim-lite-7.1.242
>
> Anyone have any idea why this is happening?

Never seen this, but the only thing consistent throughout installations is 
the .viminfo file, so maybe delete that?

-- 
Mel

Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
    and never get to the software part.