Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Sensitivity: Subject: Vim and the navigating with arrow keys To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Brian DOT Kelly AT empireblue DOT com Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:27:52 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-WSS-ID: 12FB02B91499508-01-03 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "True Vim'ers DO NOT navigate with arrow keys". I remember reading that somewhere. Certainly the "correct" way to navigate in Vim is with the H J K and L keys. Understood, acknowledged, yaddy yadda yaaa. That said - I "like" to use the arrow keys. It's habitual and something I've been doing for years and years. And like most folks, I "resist" change. Therefore, I'm a little "disturbed" that the latest Vim appears to have completely disabled the arrow keys for navigation, or even for mapping. Is this a "planned" and permanent new condition?? The previous version 6.1-300 still has arrow keys enabled, but 6.2-1 does not - or so it appears. Now I do note, the navigating appears much more precise and improved with 6.2-1, no more having to do CTRL-L's to refresh the screen after navigating small text files. (Which was a bother). I don't use RXVT, but bash in a cmd shell. I'm a minimalist at heart and try to use native and ubiquitous utilities to the greatest extent possible - which is why I long ago chose Vi as my primary editor. Because it's "everywhere", especially in UNIX, I'm never without "my" editor. Anyhow, I'd just to like to know if anyone else has noticed this, cares, or knows something about it. I can of course live without arrows, but I'd rather not if I don't have to. "WellChoice, Inc." made the following annotations on 06/10/2003 09:29:24 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attention! This electronic message contains information that may be legally confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Release/Disclosure Statement -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/