Hi

I am working on SunOS 5.10 from remote terminal using putty.
Also
echo $TERM
xterm

In vi editor when in insert mode arrow keys are not working for cursor movement instead they print A B C and D.

Please help.

thanks
ravs

before invoking vi give, set TERM=vt100

OR

use the "h j k l " for navigation.

export EDITOR=vi also helps

Hi

I tried both

set TERM=vt100
and export EDITOR

but nothing is working

Thanks and regards
Ravs

Title contains entire bible of vi command keys
Below are extract for your solution
:map! ^? ^H
:map! ^[OA ^[ka
:map! ^[OB ^[ja
:map! ^[OC ^[la
:map! ^[OD ^[ha

Above entries you put into $HOME/.exrc file. First entry is to make DELETE work as Backspace and Remaining/Subsequent 4 entries are traversal into file using Arrow-Key. All 5 entries are applicable for "Editing" mode of vi editor.

Below are guideline to type all CONTROL characters
^? = CTRL-V + DELETE
^H = CTRL-V + BACKSPACE
^[OA = CTRL-V + UP-Arrow
^[ka = CTRL-V + ESCAPE + k + a
^[OB = CTRL-V + Down-Arrow
^[ja = CTRL-V + ESCAPE + j + a
^[OC = CTRL-V + Right-Arrow
^[la = CTRL-V + ESCAPE + l + a
^[OD = CTRL-V + Left-Arrow
^[ha = CTRL-V + ESCAPE + h + a

Hi.

I don't use PuTTY much, but I was able to duplicate the problem. The solution that worked for me was to change a setting in the Features panel.

This session was from PuTTY running on a Microsoft W2K box connected to a Solaris 10 box. The version of PuTTY is:

2005-11-26:r6470

Ravash-

Of the responses above, this is your best option.

HTH