I recently am doing some work on a Redhat system and have discovered some issues with use of vim which is a new and improved form of vi. It may be improved, but it drives me nuts and is chatty to the point of distraction. If I use the l key to move the cursor, I don't hear the re-draw of the characters in the line but hear a running counter of the cursor position. This might be useful sometimes, but it normally is better to hear the characters one is moving over. The man page says that the -v flag makes it run more like the old vi, but it still chatters about everything but what I want it to chatter about. Is there anything else I can do to make vim more vi like? I believe it does have several useful features. I just need it to behave in a way that doesn't constantly disconnect me from what I am editing. Thanks for any good ideas. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list