some problems with vim

[Devin Teske]

On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 16:25 -0800, Devin Teske wrote:

> On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 01:10 +0100, Alokat wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have some problems by using vim.
> > 
> > arrow up prints a B
> > arrow down prints a C
> > ...
> > 
> > How can I fix this?
> 
> 
> Try adding to ~/.vimrc
> 
> set t_ku=^[[1;2B
> set t_kd=^[[1;2C
> 


Minor note (hit send after forgetting the pit-fall many fall into):

^[ above is a single character produced by the two keystrokes:

    Control+V followed by Control+[

NOTE: Or, you can use... Control+V followed by Escape
--
Devin



> You didn't mention what left/right do. But here's a guess:
> 
> set t_kr=^[[1;2A
> set t_kl=^[[1;2D
> 
> NOTE: You'll have to re-launch vim after creating ~/.vimrc
> 
> Alternatively, this may be an artifact of an incorrectly-set TERM
> variable...
> 
> try (if you're using csh or tcsh):
> 
> setenv TERM vt100
> 
> (or if you're using sh or bash):
> 
> export TERM=vt100
> 
> NOTE: you'll have to re-launch vim after changing TERM
> --
> Devin
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > alokat
> > 
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