[Vim-vms] Fun with j

Roger Ivie anachronda at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 3 17:37:19 CEST 2003


I've found that :set showcmd works around it. I was running without ANY 
vimrc, so I
suspect you'll have to do the same to replicate the problem.

Defining term as you suggest makes no difference.

--
Roger Ivie
anachronda at hotmail.com





>From: Arpadffy Zoltan <zoltan.arpadffy at essnet.se>
>To: "'vim-vms at polarhome.com'" <vim-vms at polarhome.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vim-vms] Fun with j
>Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:38:28 +0200
>
>hi,
>
>unfortunately I do not have any 7.3-1 system, but on lower levels (as 7.2-1
>and 7.1) I could not reproduce the problem.
>
>What kind of terminal do you use?
>Try to define your terminal with:
>
>define term "vt320"    (between "" is case sensitive)
>
>It helps in most cases.
>
>Regards, Z
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roger Ivie [mailto:anachronda at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 20:34
>To: vim-vms at polarhome.com
>Subject: [Vim-vms] Fun with j
>
>
>I just installed vim 6.2 on Alpha/VMS V7.3-1 and am having trouble with the
>j command. It
>doesn't seem to work correctly the first time you press it. Oh yeah; I'm
>using the terminal
>version, not the gui version.
>
>Suppose I have a file with the following three lines:
>
> >line 1
> >line 2
> >line 3
>
>and I want to edit line 2. An edit session goes something like this:
>
>- Start vi
>- Press j. Nothing happens.
>- Press j. Cursor moves to line 2.
>- Press ib. Cursor moves to line 3 and a b appears at the beginning of the
>line.
>
>This is very annoying as I have to try to keep track in my head of how many
>js I've pressed and where the cursor *really* is.
>
>Any thoughts?
>--
>Roger Ivie
>anachronda at hotmail.com
>
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