problems with vi/vim with fedora core 4


Hi all

I got installed Fedora Core 4 a long time ago, then updated the kernel recently with 'yum update kernel' from root, all went fine.

I had no problem with the vi editor before the kernel updating, afterwards however, I was not able to write some no ascii characters, even with the keys sequence 'Alt <number>' I was accustomed to.

I then udated vi/vim with: 'yum update vi-common', which was successful and updated vi-extended too. The problem remains.

The need is to edit a PHP script which translates those special characters, into ascii character, with plenty of: if($var == "<special char>") $var = "<ascii char>";

The $TERM env variable is: "linux". Should I change that ?

Which is the proper way I should use to edit spécial characters in vi/vim ?

Moreover, I got some little problems while alternating Edit mode and Insert mode, but that's not disturbing too much.

Thank you very much for your help.

Best regards.

Jean Francois Ortolo
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