Putty and VI

[skwiecinski]

It seems that when I am using VI through putty when I am in insert mode I get escape characters, instead of the cursor moving when I use the arrow keys. Everything seems to work fine if I use pico. Is there a particular term I should be using?


Thanks.

[newbar]

try using vim instead of vi. if you use vi in standard mode the controls are j - moves up, k moves down, l moves right, h moves left.

[skwiecinski]

Does it in Vi and Vim.

I am able to use the arrow keys when I am not in edit mode, but when I do into edit mode and attempts to use the arrow keys I get escape characters.

I am pretty sure that there is a problem with the terms that are available.

I have attempted to change my term to vt101 or vt200, but when I do that I am informed that that term type is not available.


E558: Terminal entry not found in terminfo
'vt101' not known. Available builtin terminals are:
builtin_riscos
builtin_amiga
builtin_beos-ansi
builtin_ansi
builtin_pcansi
builtin_win32
builtin_vt320
builtin_vt52
builtin_xterm
builtin_iris-ansi
builtin_debug
builtin_dumb
defaulting to 'ansi'

Either the systems are set up in a way that I am not use to, or I am just doing something wrong.

I don't know if anyone else has had this problem, or if they were able to fix it. I don't want to switch to another ssh client, because I like the fact that I can run putty from a flash drive.

[newbar]

i tried using putty the arrow keys work for me in insert mode. my TERM=xterm. your right it's most likely i term problem.

[skwiecinski]

Well, my default term is xterm also. Now, do the arrow keys work in edit? My arrows keys work in everything except when I am in an insert mode.

[newbar]

yeh the arrows work in all the modes for me. you try making a .vimrc file in your home directory?

echo syntax enable > ~/.vimrc