On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:46:50 +0200 Stefan Husmann <stefan-husmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David C. Rankin schrieb: > > Listmates, > > > > One are where I can use help is vi configuration. With the > > latest updates to vi and I guess readline, vi behaves very > > differently than it did just before the update. Specifically, the > > screen flashes white/black when the cursor is in column 1 if a left > > cursor is pressed or if vi toggles itself out of input mode. > > > > How can I get rid of the flashing and get rid of vi taking > > itself out of input/replace mode when it gets to column 1? > > > > The current behavior is better than when I first tried it > > several weeks ago, but it is still way different from any vi I have > > used before. Anybody got a handy reference for handling vi changes > > in the latest version? > > > Hello, > > what abot using vim? > > vi used to be vim and is nvi now. What Stefan really means here (I think) is "... on Arch" > > BTW , maybe the developers should consider to use the ex package in > AUR rather than nvi. If it is only for having a small editor on the > install cd, ex would suit better. > > Regards Stefan
