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Ubuntu vi Acting Strange

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Mar 15, 202611359 views
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I just installed Ubuntu Server 8 and found vi to be acting strangely (compared to vi on Fedora, CentOS and OSX). When I use the 'a' command to enter text, pressing the arrow keys results in "C", "D", "B" and "A" to get entered. This makes editing almost impossible.. Am I doing something wrong here?

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Fix for: Ubuntu vi Acting Strange

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You're probably using the vim-tiny editor that doesn't support arrow key navigation in insert mode; Ubuntu 8.04 doesn't have the package installed. Install this, and update your default version of vi: Select "vim.basic". You may also want to do this…

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