[lug] vi question

[Sean Reifschneider]

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Gary Hodges wrote:
> Previously my colleague could enter into the replace mode (Shift-R) and
> then use the arrow keys to move around and replace text.  Now the arrow
> keys produce a letter (A,B,C or D) depending on the key, each on a new

Make sure you have the enhanced vim packages installed, and that you have
vim rather than another vi editor like nvi installed.  Under
CentOS/RHEL/Fedora I believe you may need "vim-enhanced", under
Debian/Ubuntu maybe "vim-full"?  If those packages are installed, try
running "vim" instead of "vi" and see if that makes it do as he likes.

Those are a few things to try.

Sean
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