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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Shell vim defaulting to Insert or Command mode Post 303011689 by derndingle on Monday 22nd of January 2018 12:17:19 PM
Old 01-22-2018
Shell vim defaulting to Insert or Command mode
On a daily basis I need to SSH into several different RHEL servers using Putty.

On some of the servers, if I up arrow to get a previous command, it automatically starts in Input Mode, so if I press up arrow, then 'x' it will type the letter x at the end of the command line. On other servers, it automatically starts in Command Mode, so if press up arrow, then 'x' it deletes the first character of the command.

I'm trying to understand how this default behavior is controlled. I've looked through the .bashrc, .bash_profile, .vimrc files and don't think I see where this is being set.

I prefer the second way since I spent many years working on AIX and that's the way it worked, but the biggest thing is I'd like is to make it consistent.

It seems like there must be a simple answer, but I must be using the wrong search terms trying to find it. Thanks in advance.
 

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ckey

CKEY(7) 						 Miscellaneous Information Manual						   CKEY(7)

NAME

       ckey - The standard definition of each function key in
	      cWnn system.

DESCRIPTION

	----------------------------------------------------------
       | Function | Other |  Description  |  Function  | Function |
       |   Keys   |  Keys |		  |  In Input  | In Input |
       |	  |	  |		  |   State    |  State   |
       |   (a)	  |  (b)  |    (c)	  |   (d)      |   (e)	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^   |To toggle input| Similar to | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | mode ON/OFF   | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF1	  |   -   | To toggle	  | To Toggle  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | phonetic input| among input| to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | mode	  | methods    |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF2	  |   -   | To toggle	  | To toggle  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | encoded input | among input| to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | mode	  | methods    |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF3	  |   -   | To toggle	  | To toggle  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | ASCII	  | among      | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | character	  | different  |	  |
       |	  |	  | input mode	  | ASCII      |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | character  |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | input      |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | methods    |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF4	  |   -   | Toggle other  | To toggle  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | input  mode   | among      | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  |(only in Pinyin| different  |	  |
       |	  |	  | centred input | input      |	  |
       |	  |	  | environment)  | methods    |	  |
       |	  |	  |	  +	  |	+      |	  |
       |	  |	  | Toggle the	  | Similar to |	  |
       |	  |	  | environment   | (c)        |	  |
       |	  |	  | operation	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | functions	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  |(same as PF6)  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  |(only in Zhuyin|	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | centred input |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | environment & |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  |Combined Pinyin|	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | & Zhuyin input|	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | environment   |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF5	  |   -   | To select the | Similar to | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | different	  | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | input keys	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | allocations   |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF6	  |   -   | To toggle the | To select  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | environment   | among the  | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | operations	  | different  |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | environment|	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | operation  |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | functions  |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^G   | To quit the   | Similar to | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | environment   | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | operation	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | functions	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |Conversion|  ^W   | To perform	  | Similar to | Similar  |
       |   key	  |	  | Hanzi	  | (c)        | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | conversion	  |	+      |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | To list out|	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | possible   |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | candidates |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |Conversion|   -   | To extract a  |	-      | Similar  |
       |   key	  |	  | candidate from|	       | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | the candidate |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | list	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^Z   | To treat the  | Similar to | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | input string  | (c)        | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | as a phrase & |	+      |	  |
       |	  |	  | perform phrase| To list out|	  |
       |	  |	  | conversion	  | possible   |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | phrase     |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | candidates |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       | Confirm  |  ^L   | To confirm the| Similar to | Similar  |
       |   key	  |	  | conversion	  | (c)        | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | result	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       | Confirm  |   -   | To extract a  |	-      | Similar  |
       |   key	  |	  | candidate	  |	       | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | from the	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | candidate list|	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |  Right   |  ^F   | To move cursor| To move the| Similar  |
       |  arrow   |	  | one position  | cursor one | to (d)   |
       |   key	  |	  | to the right  | unit to the|    +	  |
       |	  |	  | during input  | right      | To move  |
       |	  |	  | state, edit   |	       | to the   |
       |	  |	  | state, & when |	       | next	  |
       |	  |	  | using PF6	  |	       | candidate|
       |	  |	  | functions	  |	       | on the   |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | right	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |  Left	  |  ^B   | To move cursor| To move the| Similar  |
       |  arrow   |	  | one position  | cursor one | to (d)   |
       |   key	  |	  | to the left   | unit to the|    +	  |
       |	  |	  | during input  | left       | To move  |
       |	  |	  | state, edit   |	       | to the   |
       |	  |	  | state, & when |	       | next	  |
       |	  |	  | using PF6	  |	       | candidate|
       |	  |	  | functions	  |	       | on the   |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | left	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   Up	  |  ^P   | To move to the| Similar to | Similar  |
       |  arrow   |	  | previous menu | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |   key	  |	  | or previous   |	+      |    +	  |
       |	  |	  | set of	  | To recall  | To obtain|
       |	  |	  | candidates.   | the        | the	  |
       |	  |	  | Also apply	  | previous   | previous |
       |	  |	  | when using	  | input      | single   |
       |	  |	  | functions in  |	       | candidate|
       |	  |	  | PF6 	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |  Down	  |  ^N   | To move to the| Similar to | Similar  |
       |  arrow   |	  | next menu or  | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |   key	  |	  | the next set  |	+      |    +	  |
       |	  |	  | of candidates.| To recall  | To obtain|
       |	  |	  | Also apply	  | the        | the	  |
       |	  |	  | when using	  | next input | next	  |
       |	  |	  | functions in  |	       | single   |
       |	  |	  | PF6 	  |	       | candidate|
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^D   | To delete an  | Similar to | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | input unit	  | (c)        | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  |	 +	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | Delete a word |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | or character, |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | or dictionary |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | in the	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | environment   |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | operations PF6|	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       | Backspace|   -   | To delete an  | Similar to | Similar  |
       |   key	  |	  | input	  | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | character	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^E   | Move cursor to| Move cursor| Move the |
       |	  |	  | the last input| to the last| cursor to|
       |	  |	  | unit (end) or | unit of the| the last |
       |	  |	  | to the last   | user input | candidate|
       |	  |	  | candidate of  | string     | in the   |
       |	  |	  | the list.	  |	       | current  |
       |	  |	  | Also apply	  |	       | set of   |
       |	  |	  | when using	  |	       | candidate|
       |	  |	  | functions in  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | PF6 	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^A   | Move cursor to| Move cursor| Move the |
       |	  |	  | the first	  | to the     | cursor to|
       |	  |	  | unit	  | first unit | the last |
       |	  |	  | (beginning) or| of the user| candidate|
       |	  |	  | to the first  | input      | in the   |
       |	  |	  | candidate of  | string     | current  |
       |	  |	  | of the list   |	       | set of   |
       |	  |	  | Also apply	  |	       | candidate|
       |	  |	  | when using	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | functions in  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | PF6 	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^K   | To undo a	  | To delete  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | conversion	  | an input   | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | from the	  | string from|    +	  |
       |	  |	  | cursor	  | the cursor | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | position to   | position to| to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | the end of the| the end of | If press |
       |	  |	  | input string  | the input  | twice,   |
       |	  |	  |(if press once)| string     | will	  |
       |	  |	  |		  |(press once)| cancel   |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | the whole|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | converted|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | Hanzi	  |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | string   |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^I   | To shorten the|	-      | Separate |
       |	  |	  | length of a   |	       | a word   |
       |	  |	  | word phrase by|	       | into	  |
       |	  |	  | one character |	       |individual|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       |characters|
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^O   | To extend the |	-      | Join the |
       |	  |	  | length of a   |	       |characters|
       |	  |	  | word phrase by|	       | into one |
       |	  |	  | one character |	       | word	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^G   | To extract a  |	-      | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | candidate from|	       | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | the candidate |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | list	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^C   | To perform	  |	-      | Re-enter |
       |	  |	  | reverse	  |	       | into the |
       |	  |	  | conversion	  |	       | input or |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | insert   |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | mode	  |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | (if press|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | once )   |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       |    +	  |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | Perform  |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | reverse  |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       |conversion|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | (if press|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | twice )  |
	----------------------------------------------------------

								    13 May 1992 							   CKEY(7)
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