Thanks for your help jeff. I'll do just that. Thanks Shaz On 5/13/05, Jeff Kinz <jkinz@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 01:56:40PM +0100, Shahzad Chohan wrote: > > Hi > > > > Can anyone give me some more info regarding the following: > > > > On some installations when I issue commands in vi, e.g say > > ":colorscheme darkblue" and then I close the file, then log back in > > and try to scroll through the vi history I keep getting "<up>" output > > instead of my historical commands. Can someone please let me know how > > to fix this. > > What you have is a "vim" problem, not a "vi" problem. > Your best place to look for the answers to these questions is not the > fedora list but the vim community. > > Here: > http://www.vim.org/docs.php > > Sounds like a key mapping problem.- what you are seeing is vim displaying > what key it thinks you are pressing, the "up" key. > > Instead of the arrow keys, try using "k" for up, "l" for right, "j" for > down and "h" for left. If you still get the same problem, try going > on IRC at: > > freenode irc.freenode.net #vim very active; web page > IRCnet #vim > > > > Also is there anyway to tell vi to start with a different > > default colour scheme, or is there a way to edit the colourschemes. > Yes and yes. > > run the command "man vim" > > Carefully read the entire page. Its on that page. > > -- > Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
