VIM question

[mizo]

Hello,

My arrow keys don't work in VIM insert mode. In the normal mode the keys work nicely and I can move around with arrows.

When I press the arrow keys in insert mode, I get the last character of the escape secuence (A, B, C or D) and a newline.

I have tried under xterm and aterm, both have the same problem. In plain console, the arrow keys work better but not perfectly.

Surprisingly, in plain old vi I can use the arrow keys perfectly in all modes... But I need syntax highlighting.

Can anyone point me to some config file where the problem might be?

[projekt]

I am having the same problem in vim, in insert mode the arrows are broken.

[Zumi]

:set nocompatible


You can use it every time you start vim if you make a .vimrc file in your home directory and put "set nocompatible" in it.

My .vimrc file:

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set ruler
set nocompatible
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set autoindent
Zumi

[projekt]

Hi Zumi

That's not what I mean at all.  I always have vim set in nocp.. That's not the issue.  In the terminal, without X, vim works fine in insert mode.  But, under ratpoison, when I move around in insert mode in xterm, I get the letter A B C D instead of moving up, down, left, right (or whatever the order is, the fact is it puts down characters instead of moving)

Sorry for not making that clear.

[Zumi]

Hi Zumi

That's not what I mean at all.  I always have vim set in nocp.. That's not the issue.  In the terminal, without X, vim works fine in insert mode.  But, under ratpoison, when I move around in insert mode in xterm, I get the letter A B C D instead of moving up, down, left, right (or whatever the order is, the fact is it puts down characters instead of moving)

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You (and mizo) did make that clear. I simply moved my .vimrc to another file, checked whether this type of problem is there. It was. Then I typed :set nocompatible and the problem was solved for me. (The a, b, c, d thing with the cursor keys.)
Make sure you are in nocompatible mode, this caused the problem for me. I'm using fvwm as a WM.