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vi visual mode doesn't work

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Mar 15, 20266907 views
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I'm running vim (7.0.237) after sshing to a remote CentOS box, and it just won't enter visual mode. When I press 'v', it just beeps and does nothing. I'm running Ubuntu with GNOME Terminal, and the local copy of vi works fine, so I don't see how this could be a problem with the terminal. I have the…

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RedHat based systems have a package called installed by default, which has a limited set of features enabled. You want to install the package. Debian based systems do something similar, where is the default install and has a minimal feature set. You…

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