Re: Backspace and Delete in vi.

Nathan wrote:

I need to interact with a number of Unix/Linux servers at work. I use putty as an SSH client to do so.
I use vi as my editor of choice.
On some of these servers, when i try to backspace, or delete, text in VI, i end up with varied results. Sometimes when i press the delete key, it doesnt delete a character, rather, it capitalizes it. and backspace generally does nothing.

Both keys work at the shell prompt, and in other full screen editors. Why does this happen to me in vi? 

At a guess, the term setting is wrong.

Pressing the DELETE key generates an esc sequence (ESC [ 3 ~) which includes a TILDE (~) character - which is the convert char case command of VI.

what's the value of:

$ echo $term

I've had it set (automatically) to ANSI and VI messed up as the terminal being emulated was a VT100; changing it thus fixed the problem.

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